Three domains of religious coping were assessed: organizational (church attendance), non-organizational (praying for self and asking others for prayer), and personal or subjective (experiences, perceptions, and sentiments about religion), and all were dichotomized as frequent/infrequent or satisfied/not satisfied.
Religiosity [ 2] was understood as the "extent to which an individual believes, follows, and practices a religion, either organizational (church or temple attendance) or non-organizational (praying, reading books, or watching religious programs on television)".
In its organizational structure the church is similar to congregationalism, as the local assembly is autonomous.
Among the letters, manuscripts, essays, poems, notes and organizational records of the church, most never published, are writings by skeptics of prayer healing like Mark Twain, one of her most ardent critics.
And he was unwavering in his loyalty to Pope John Paul II, who had named him archbishop of New York as part of an effort to restore greater doctrinal and organizational discipline in a church still feeling the reverberations of reforms undertaken by the Second Vatican Council 20 years earlier.
Though he showed little talent for the pulpit, he displayed a strong interest in social issues and movements, which led him to organize social support services, athletic leagues and a medical clinic through defunct organizational bodies of the church.
Although he attempted to follow the organizational model of the continental churches, the Norwegian church was less influenced by Rome, and Olaf maintained personal control over the nation's clergy.
Working mainly through established organizational networks, such as churches, these efforts mobilize residents for actions that confront powerful people and institutions in an effort to get them to act differently.
Churches of Christ purposefully have no central headquarters, councils, or other organizational structure above the local church level.
The instrumental Christian churches and churches of Christ in some cases have both organizational and hermeneutical differences with the Churches of Christ discussed in this article.
As her husband habitually buried himself in sermons, writing and counseling, Mrs. Peale took over much of the organizational work, first in their own church, then in larger circles.
