Sentence examples for denominational structures from inspiring English sources

He parses the "church" into six different dimensions, ranging from the individual believer to denominational structures, and describes the possible responses of each one.

A quiet renewal is occurring, but the denominational structures have yet to adjust their institutions to the recovery of practical wisdom that is remaking local congregations.

PRRI CEO Robert Jones told HuffPost that this reflects how white evangelicals and white mainline Protestants distinguish themselves on the ground ― using distinct denominational structures, for example.

The Federation system and its "beneficiaries" were responsible for the secular welfare of local and global Jewish communities, and congregations and related denominational structures tended to the religious and educational needs of Jewish communities.

Three years later the church adopted a formal denominational structure.

Although Baptists do not constitute a single church or denominational structure, most adhere to a congregational form of church government.

Perhaps because it has no single denominational structure, no clear leadership, and a stronger presence among less-educated Americans and people of color, the prosperity movement has often been treated as marginal.

(This view, however, is shared by others who are not Baptists). Although Baptists do not constitute a single church or denominational structure, most adhere to a congregational form of church government.

Without a central source of tradition and power like the Vatican, or even, in many cases, a strong denominational structure, conservative evangelicals have no other basis of authority beyond their claims to the single, true interpretation of the Bible.

In 1968, at the International Convention of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), those Christian Churches that favored a denominational structure, wished to be more ecumenical, and also accepted more of the modern liberal theology of various denominations, adopted a new "provisional design" for their work together, becoming the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

The recourse to private denominational services considers all the denominational private health structures.