Sentence examples for reduced church from inspiring English sources

He had said that his first priority would be to settle with the victims of the scandal, which has badly shaken the archdiocese and led to anger, reduced church attendance and a decline in giving in this heavily Roman Catholic city.

The church is worried that the country plans to institute a separation of church and state, which among other things would drastically reduce church income.

Second-hand synopsis here would reduce Church to, as Mr. Kitson puts it, "a character, a device, a bit of gossip".

Joseph's government appointed provincial intendants and reduced the church's power in the state.

Will it reduce the church's authority when it moralizes about the intimate lives of others?

But reducing the church's call to priestly celibacy to a rejection of women and/or sex is untrue.

They also embraced Protestantism a religion that reduces the church to a helpmate and emphasises the direct relationship between the individual and his God.

The church reduced its monthly payments by switching to an interest-only mortgage with its lender, the Evangelical Christian Credit Union.

As multitudes entered the churches, the need for outreach to others was much reduced, and most churches shifted from an outward thrust to an inward focus upon themselves.

Shirley's role in the church was reduced dramatically.

The riot police intervened at 4am on 28 April, and by 8.30pm the massive church was reduced to rubble.