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congregation

[kong-gri-gey-shuhn] / ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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Kehillat Israel, closed since the Palisades fire, reopened last week, welcoming its congregation, which includes 230 families who lost their homes and an additional 250 families who were displaced.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Wolter asked the chatbot what he should tell his congregation the next morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

I have been overwhelmed by the global response to the arrests of our congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

I told the congregation that we can't simply watch that happen.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Many turned to evangelical “house churches,” small congregations that operated outside the system of official churches but were often tolerated so long as they didn’t create trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Smoke could be seen billowing from Temple Israel, one of the largest Reform Judaism congregations in the country, after the attack and fire engines were on the scene.

From Barron's Mar. 12, 2026

That was never in question, since great preachers, the ones who make the gospel’s message stick, also know how to make their congregations laugh.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2026

But mirroring a national trend of shrinking religious orders and congregations, the last nuns left in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

Pietism laid great store by helping congregations find God themselves, through personal acquaintance and knowledge of the scriptures, through humility, non-confrontation and piety, through an ethos of hard work, and through education.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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