"church practices" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the rituals, customs, or traditions followed by a particular church or religious organization. Example: "The church regularly updates its members on the latest church practices, including new methods of worship and stricter adherence to religious teachings."
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?
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.
In the end, we took our inspiration from the showbusiness trappings of Scientology itself, using actors and re-enactments to recreate alleged events and church practices on soundstages in Hollywood, guided by the recollections of ex-members, who helped to direct the scenes.
The decision, one of several issued by Judge Ronald Sabraw of Alameda County Superior Court, will allow the lawyers to question Cardinal Mahoney directly about general church practices, the people who suffered abuse and the priests involved, some of whom served with the cardinal in Fresno and Stockton long ago.
As a lifelong Catholic who has grown increasingly critical of church practices and policies, I say bravo to the American nuns who have "failed" to promote the church's teaching on "the male-only priesthood, homosexuality and the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church as the means to salvation".
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.
