A South Jersey rabbi who built a temple and a huge congregation on the strength of his reputation as a sensitive teacher and spiritual guide went on trial here today, accused of hiring a man to bludgeon his wife to death so he could continue an affair with a member of his congregation.
Granted, a huge congregation of weed smokers isn't a bad place to recruit people to your weed smoking cause, but it's not somewhere you're going to bring about any real kind of change.
As we flew over the province of Gulu in our small Cessna, it was easy to see the hundreds of square kilometers of untended fields and empty villages, and huge congregations of tightly packed mud huts that huddle around armed forces bases to which the farmers have retreated.
David Ison, the Dean of St Paul's, welcomed the huge 2000-plus congregation by declaring that they had come to "recall with great gratitude, her leadership of this nation, her courage … and her resolve to accomplish [this a well judged eschewing of any partisan endorsement] what she believed to be right for the common good".
He had become a towering figure in the intellectual and cultural life of England, which had taken him to its heart, something reflected by the honors showered on him and by the huge and hugely eminent congregation that gathered for his memorial service at Hampstead Synagogue.
Outside the huge compound, a congregation of about 300 Morsi supporters waited chanting.
Outside the huge compound, a congregation of some 300 Morsi supporters waited, chanting.
"Deferred maintenance is a huge problem for congregations," said Jeffrey Gonyeau of Historic Boston, a preservation group that runs the Steeples Project, which works to maintain Boston's historic houses of worship.
You couldn't not notice the cluster of bikers at the bar: grizzled, packed into crusty jeans and reptilian chaps, T-shirts with skulls and flames, leather vests and huge boots — an unholy congregation in dirty denim and scuffed cowhide.
"For instance, the transportation of large groups of electorates by candidates clustered in vehicles and the congregation of huge number of people will be regulated," he said in a statement.
Faith leaders and the beliefs they instil in their congregations, have a huge impact on people's decisions about HIV treatment, as well as influencing HIV prevention.
