"church practice" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to the customs, rituals, and traditions followed within a particular church or religious community. Example: "The church's practice of weekly communion is an important part of their worship service."
Before modern changes in church practice, only clergy and choir members were permitted in the chancel.
The tension between social activism and a more traditional church practice has paralleled a demographic shift in the congregation.
Before accepting the invitation, Cardinal Dolan told the convention organizers that it was standard church practice for the local bishop of the area to give the blessing.
Luther, on the contrary, tolerated no distinction between points of faith and aspects of church practice, and on his understanding of the former he stood rock-solid.
The current situation causes distress to Catholics all over the world whose marriages have failed and who would like to be faithful adherents of the church.But the idea of liberalising church practice in this area is a contentious one.
In 16 short chapters it deals with morals and ethics, church practice, and the eschatological hope (of the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time) and presents a general program for instruction and initiation into the primitive church.
In 2008, the group launched attacks on the Church of Scientology for its efforts to remove from the Internet a leaked video featuring Tom Cruise boasting about church practices.
Or were church practices much the same the country over?
He persisted in appeals to Rome and was responsible for Anglo-Saxon England following Roman rather than Celtic church practices.
Tonight's program emphasizes the influence on the young priest of the Second Vatican Council, which opened up church practices and directed attention to issues of poverty and peace.
A diocese spokesman, Father James C. Vlaun, disputed the critics, saying that the church practices what it preaches by reserving and using funds to further its mission.
