Sentence examples for establishment of churches from inspiring English sources

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there has been significant growth in religious activities among the Sakhalin Koreans; the establishment of churches was noted in scholarly articles as early as 1990.

The 18th century saw major changes in Newfoundland: population growth, beginnings of government, establishment of churches, reinforcement of commercial ties with North America and development of the seal, salmon and Grand Banks fisheries.

In the 10th century the establishment of churches and monasteries led to the development of stone architecture that elaborated vernacular Roman forms, from which the term "Romanesque" is derived.

There was both official and general concern about the lack of morality within the predominantly male population, and the establishment of churches and of education was seen as a method of combatting this.

The church, whose current leadership is dominated by evangelicals, recently created a new bishop, based in Islington, to focus on "church planting" – the establishment of new churches in areas of potential growth.

By that time, however, the patriarch had lost most of his jurisdictional powers because of the establishment of autocephalous churches in Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.

"The establishment of these churches in the early 1950's was in part the result of a large migration of Puerto Ricans to New York and the Northeast, and the fact that Catholic and other churches weren't welcoming," said Félix Matos Rodríguez, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.

The absolute monarchies of the 16th to 18th century were often strengthened by the establishment of nationalist churches; but from the 17th century in England and, later, in other countries, kingship was made constitutional, royal power being held to derive from the people rather than from God.

Some also call the holiday the "birthday of the church" as it commemorates the establishment of the church through the Apostles' teachings on the gospel and the baptism of thousands of followers.

It also emphasized the necessity of the active participation of all believers in determining the church's destiny and in the establishment of local church governance.

Although the status of the church at Reculver as mother church for the area dates from the 7th century, and may have led to the establishment of a church at Shuart then, this chapel might equally have been a development in response to acquisition of land in the area by Christ Church, Canterbury, in the mid-900s.