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“I met him years ago, boots on the ground, in the streets making changes,” Crawford told the congregation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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

Adhering to a strict interpretation of Roman Catholic tradition, the society holds masses in Latin celebrated by priests with their backs turned to the congregation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Here, Fay Victor, a uniquely daring and creative singer, adorns her vocal with all manner of creaking, wailing, moaning and scatting, yet she maintains Bey’s feeling of directing a congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Once it’s offering time, the deacons stand at the front of the church asking the congregation to rise and follow the ushers from the rear.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Unsanctioned congregations, some with hundreds of members, operate outside of the official state-run churches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

The other signatories were Luis Argüello, president of the Episcopal Conference and leader of the Spanish Catholic Church, and Jesús Díaz Sariego, president of Confer, which represents Catholic congregations and religious orders.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

As Cathy Cohen has observed, ministers and members of black congregations have helped to develop what she calls the “indigenous constructed image of ‘good, black Christian folk.”’

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander