congregation
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Marshall worked for 25 years as an obstetrician, delivering some 5,000 babies, while his rival Hamilton founded a church which became the centre of the largest United Methodist congregation in America.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
His congregation currently runs homes in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, housing around 1,300 people in total.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
She eventually rises from the dead and dances her way through the congregation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
One morning, I joined a small congregation of commuters attempting to convince the turnstiles that our phones were, in fact, perfectly legitimate fare payment.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
I would sing a hymn in front of the congregation that Sunday.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Still, some critics question whether giving religious groups special zoning treatment is constitutional; others warn that cash-strapped congregations could collaborate with developers for profit rather than mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The food bank was a success and still operates today, having unfortunately outlived two of the congregations that founded it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
And historian Dr Michael Lambert, from Lancaster University, argued that archives held privately by religious congregations could help "unlock" important pieces of history.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
All these congregations, Mr. Huling writes, represent “parallel societies with their own sophisticated life-worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
This was a high calling in the Church, one of the elders, figuratively and literally, who would travel to teach congregations.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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