Sentence examples for church developed from inspiring English sources

As the early church developed it was monastic, without parochial or diocesan divisions or central government.

The Coptic Orthodox Church developed a democratic system of government after the 1890s.

A dissident church developed to oppose state-supported orthodoxy and became a focus of indigenous Egyptian loyalties.

After Jesus was crucified and resurrected, Mormons believe, he came to preach to the group and a church developed, only to fall into apostasy until Smith restored it.

The Commons, acting as a "lay synod" of the church, developed an increasing sense of responsibility and accountability in religious matters.

In the Middle Ages, Georgia experienced several periods of political expansion, during which the church developed remarkably rich traditions of art, architecture, and literature.

Scholars assume that a simple and uniform liturgy existed in western Europe until the end of the 5th century and that only in the 6th century did the Gallican church develop its own rite and chant with Oriental influences.

The extent to which this output grows over time (that is, the church develops) will always be constrained by the revenues it is able to collect, the assets it has in place, the availability of pastors, and so on.

BioLogos differs from ASA in specifically focusing on the issues about evolution, and striving towards a mission "to help the church develop a worldview that embraces both of these complex but complementary ways of understanding the world and our place in it".

The Congregational churches developed from the churches established by the settlers at Plymouth, Mass.

Other strong churches developed in various parts of the predominantly Muslim country.