Other Christians include Protestants and followers of the local sect of the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth Through the Prophet Simon Kimbangu (Kimbanguist Church).
Its winner was the incumbent, Leonid Chernovetsky, nicknamed "Cosmos" for his spaced-out and erratic behaviour and his allegiance to a local sect, the Embassy of God, which professes that "wealth is not for sissies".
He wanted a law to prosecute such con artists and to protect their victims from extortion and bullying.A local sect and assorted Hindu right-wingers opposed his law, which Maharashtra's state government finally agreed to enact, in Mr Dabholkar's memory, on August 21st.
Hooker's objective was the plateau on which sat the Dunker Church, a modest whitewashed building belonging to a local sect of German Baptists.
The program caused widespread resentment, while Diem's persecution of local Buddhist sects provided a rallying point for protests.
A spokeswoman, Marilyn Ogar, who was reading from a statement, identified the head of the group as Abdullahi Mustaphah Berende, a leader of a local Shiite sect.
Which is exactly why he's not getting on so well within the local community of sects, Imams and governing councils.
Which is exactly why he's not getting on so well within the local community of sects, imams, and governing councils.
Desperate to break loose from her father, Elise joins a local fundamentalist religious sect.
Written over two decades ago, the Yokohama Strategy already reflected the spirit of much of what has subsequently been written about indigenous and traditional knowledge and local participation (see Sect. 3.1).
