Sentence examples for occupying church from inspiring English sources

And so shortly before noon yesterday, when many God-fearing New Yorkers were occupying church pews, Mr. Walters rolled up the steel gates to his liquor store.

But LDS doctrine and culture however does, of course, sacralize marriage as the ultimate saving ordinance for all members, and thus man-woman marriage continues to heavily occupy Church teachings, policies, and ideology.

A superior court judge ruled that the archdiocese is the legal owner of the church property and has the right to evict the parishioners occupying the church building.

They discussed a South Shore parish that the archdiocese has been trying to close for several years, a move the parishioners have blocked by occupying the church.

That's why we of Occupy Faith DC, Occupy Church, Occupy Judaism, in collaboration with Occupy DC, have created an alternative to the National Prayer Breakfast -- the People's Prayer Breakfast -- where people of all faiths can both listen to and offer up the prayers of the poor.

The church occupied a union church half-time from its construction in 1830 until erection of a church in West Village in 1849.

They are occupying our churches and converting them into mosques".

He said Sunday that the votes "had compromised these discussions and have created Nigerian congregations occupying Episcopal churches". Four other small Virginia parishes have also left, six more voted to break away Sunday and two more will decide soon whether to follow suit, according to parish leaders.

The Mutual Support Group was closely tied to the Roman Catholic Church until about 150 members of the group occupied a church in November to dramatize their cause.

When the closing was first announced, 30 parishioners occupied the church.

But at St Albert the Great, a vibrant parish in a suburb south of Boston, parishioners occupied their church.