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Park, Jerry Z., and Joyce C. Chang. "Centering Asian Americans in Social Scientific Research on Religious Communities." Theology Today 79, no. 4 (2022): 398–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00405736221132859.

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Social scientific research on American Christianity typically centers the experiences and practices of White American Christians and predominantly white Christian communities or churches. Asian American Christians remain more invisible than other racial minority Christians and their churches, especially in quantitative analyses. Researchers who aim to center Asian American Christianity face several challenges in developing a comprehensive quantitative empirical study of individual believers and churches. Practically, Asian American Christian surveys require multiple language translations and a

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Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing. "Speaking in the Devil’s Tongue? The True Jesus Church’s Uneasy Rhetorical Accommodation to Maoism, 1948–1958." Modern China 44, no. 6 (2018): 652–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0097700418763557.

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During the 1950s, the universal ideology of Chinese Christian churches clashed with the universal ideology of the Maoist party-state. Since Christian churches were autonomous moral communities (ideologically self-contained, with members collectively claiming authority to define and cultivate moral norms), they hindered the party-state’s ambitions for control. Christians, especially Christian leaders, experienced intense pressure to adopt the new code of Maoist speech. Documents from archives in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan and oral history interviews with members of the True Jesus Church in so

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Pawłowski, Sławomir. ""Christianity. Fundamental Teachings" by the Churches in Turkey as an Example of an Ecumenical Catechism." Verbum Vitae 40, no. 4 (2022): 1017–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/vv.13740.

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The booklet entitled Christianity. Fundamental Teachings, published by the Joint Commission of Churches in Turkey in 2018, expresses the shared beliefs of the Christian Churches in Turkey. It can be seen as a landmark in inter-church efforts to draw closer together. Trying to explain Christianity to non- Christians, the booklet presents the key elements of the Christian faith in a clear and easily comprehensible way. This article provides a synthetic presentation of the content of this booklet and shows issues that are important in the Turkish context. Since the call for “an ecumenical catechi

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Buzykina, Юлия Николаевна. "Христианские храмы, превращенные в мечети, в записках Григоровича-Барского". Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art 14 (11 жовтня 2024): 192–203. https://doi.org/10.18688/aa2414-2-14.

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The travel notes of Vasily Grigorovich-Barsky contain a number of descriptions of mosques that were previously Christian churches. The analysis of the text allows us to divide them into three groups. The first includes huge cathedrals that were converted into mosques with a greater or lesser degree of alteration to the original structure, with Christian access limited or prohibited. The second group also includes former Christian churches, access to which is open to Christians, including for the purpose of visiting sanctuaries and even holding liturgies. The third group includes mosques that B

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Mapala, Cogitator Wilton. "A CRITICAL REFLECTION AND MALAWIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMMEMORATION OF THE EDINBURGH 1910 INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY CONFERENCE." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 41, no. 3 (2016): 63–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/478.

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This paper interrogates why the Edinburgh 1910 International Missionary Conference needs to be remembered in Malawi. In 2010 Malawian Christian churches joined the Christian community across the globe, celebrating the International Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910. Christian churches across the country wanted to conduct services of worship in major cities in memory of this conference. Often we celebrate something that has a direct impact on our lives. However, considering the fact that the conference was disproportionately represented by Western churches, the intriguing question

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Bornovolokov, Oleh. "Constituent Assembly of the Churches of the Christians of the Evangelical Faith in 1929: Historical and Religious Analysis." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 83 (September 1, 2017): 116–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2017.83.776.

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O.Bornovolokov. Constituent Assembly of the Churches of the Christians of the Evangelical Faith in 1929: Historical and Religious Analysis. Many different protestant movements are present in the modern Ukraine of the beginning of the XXI century. Pentecostal churches make up a large part of those movements. Pentecostal movement is the second largest one (after Baptist) in protestant world. This article reviews historical issues of the development of the Pentecostal churches of the Christian of Evangelical Faith. Inaugural Congress of Christians of Evangelical Faith’ Churches of Ukraine which t

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Bhatti, Wajid, Muhammad Hameed, Muhammad Azeem, and Michael Samuel. "An Idiosyncratic Overview on the History of Christian Churches and its Architecture in Lahore." Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE) 12, no. 3 (2023): 683–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.61506/01.00093.

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This study is an attempt to explore, investigate and analyze the origin, growth, development and history of Christian churches and its architecture in Lahore. It further encapsulates that Churches in Pakistan are not only an inescapable feature of the landscape of our major cities and town; they elegantly portray the religious diversity and well-being of our vibrant Christian minority. It also navigates that their distinctive architecture attracts the locals and tourist alike. This research work presents fact finding analysis that the Christian churches are not just the beautiful building. The

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Shepetyak, Oksana. "Statistical Analysis of the Relationship between the Numbers of Christian Churches of the Middle East." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 86 (July 3, 2018): 4–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2018.86.702.

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In the Article of Oksana Shepetyak "Statistical Analysis of the Relationship between the Numbers of Christian Churches of the Middle East"is analyzed the modernity of the Christians communities in their historical regions and tendency in their development. The diversity of Eastern Christianity requires a broad and multifaceted study. Most researchers focus on the history of formation, theological and liturgical aspects, and contemporaneity. This study is devoted to the comparison of only statistics, which, however, reveal an entirely new picture of the Christian East. The comparison of the num

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Bustan, Linda, Fatimah Husein, and Paulus Sugeng Widjaja. "Being Chinese Christian in the Totok Chinese Churches in Surabaya: Continuity and Change of Identities." Al-Albab 9, no. 2 (2020): 141–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.24260/alalbab.v9i2.1828.

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This article explores the identities of Chinese Christians in the totok Chinese churches in Surabaya. The Chinese Christians refer to those who arrived in Surabaya from mainland China as Protestant Christians in the 1900s. They established the first Chinese church - the Tiong Hoa Kie Tok Kauw Hwee (THKTKH) in Surabaya. The THKTKH has become two independent synods, namely Gereja Kristus Tuhan (GKT, or the Church of Christ the Lord) and Gereja Kristen Abdiel (GKA, or the Abdiel Christian Church). The totok Chinese churches refer to churches that conduct the church services in the Chinese languag

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Lunkin, R., and S. Filatov. "Christian Churches and the Antiidentist Revolution." World Economy and International Relations 65, no. 8 (2021): 97–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2021-65-8-97-108.

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The article analyzes the ideological contradictions of liberal democracy, or neoliberalism (antiidentism), and traditionalism (identism) on the example of Christian churches. Antiindentism considers traditional religiosity to be hostile: it should be reformed to conform to neoliberal values, and it should be banished from public space. At the same time, antiidentism does not want to eliminate religion, because it is one of the identities that have to be redone like other human identites. The article examines anti-Christian movements (like the “Black Lives Matter”) as well as conservative and l

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Chu, Ann Gillian. "Dechurched Christians in Hong Kong: A Study." Religions 16, no. 4 (2025): 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16040531.

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Though many Christian churches exist in Hong Kong, some who claim to be Christians are not members of churches, nor do they attend a Sunday service regularly. They identify as faithful but not religious. Some might even be pursuing advanced degrees in Christian studies. Why do they not join an institutional church then? Have they experienced trauma in institutional churches, and how do they process such issues? What do they hope for spiritually? Is there something in Christianity that cannot be replaced by secular spirituality which leads them to still claim to be Christians? In this article,

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Asmara, Oni Andhi, Endang Susilowati, and Agustinus Supriyono. "The Influence of Charismatic Church Development on Religious Christians Life in the City of Semarang 1970-2015." Indonesian Historical Studies 4, no. 2 (2020): 155–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ihis.v4i2.8253.

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This article discusses the development of the Charismatic church on the Christians life in Semarang City in 1970-2015 using historical methods and using social religion approach. Since its inception in 1970, the Charismatic church in the city of Semarang has had a major influence on the Christian life in the city. A series of innovations in worship and evangelism that are adapted to the times have made the Charismatic church much in demand by Christians in big cities, one of them is Semarang. Christian interest in the Charismatic church can be seen from the development of the number of Charism

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Li, Yonggu. "Spatial Expansion, Planning, and Their Influences on the Urban Landscape of Christian Churches in Canton (1582–1732 and 1844–1911)." Religions 15, no. 10 (2024): 1183. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15101183.

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Canton (present-day Guangzhou, China) has a long history as a trading port and serves as a window for studying the history of Sino-Western cultural exchanges. Canton was a city built under Confucian orders, leading to significant differences (when compared to Christian cities) in urban functional zoning, layout, urban landscape, and methods for shaping spatial order. Therefore, the churches constructed by Christian missionary societies in Canton merit particular attention in missionary history research and urban planning history. Based on local gazetteers, historical maps, export paintings, We

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Ilesanmi, Dele Alaba, Timothy Osarumwense Imuwahen, and Deborah Modupe Akanbi. "Religiosity and Morality in Contemporary Churches in Nigeria: Critical Points of Disconnections Between Faith and Praxis." African Journal of Kingdom Education 2, no. 1 (2024): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10951748.

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This paper discusses the critical disconnect between displays of religiosity and morality in contemporary churches in Nigeria. The paper examines whether religiosity has enhanced the spiritual and moral formation of Christian adherents in terms of curbing corruption as a major moral cancer that affects all aspects of human life. The writer subsumes all the moral issues under corruption. Some Nigerian churches are bedevilled by corrupt practices such as greed, fraud, adultery, fornication, and other moral vices against which they preach. Pastors embezzle church funds, engage in financial fraud,

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Hamilton, Bernard. "The Cathars and Christian Perfection." Studies in Church History. Subsidia 11 (1999): 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0143045900002209.

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The Church’s Founder enjoined the life of perfection on all his followers, but the Cathars were unique in describing themselves as perfect or as ‘good men’. In all other forms of Christianity it is an observable fact that the more devout church members are, the more they are conscious of their imperfections and lack of goodness. This suggests that Cathar spirituality was very different from that of the mainline Christian churches, and it is this which I want to investigate here.

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Mutabazi, Placide, Jean Pierre Niyitegeka, and Sixbert Sangwa. "Understanding Christian Ethics in Line With Paul's Example in Local Churches in Rwanda." Open Journal of Business Theology 01, no. 01 (2021): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7952885.

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The Christian ministry is one ordained by God for a special purpose in His Kingdom (Exodus 40:12-15&John 15:16). It is the noblest work on earth and no any other profession can be compared to it. God calls us to walk humbly with Him. There may be no better model to emulate than Paul. In many ways, Paul became Christ’s greatest apostle as he reached not only Jews but also much of the Gentile world. God was so pleased with Paul’s ministry that he chose to set him as an example in the Scriptures of somebody to imitate (Corinthians 11:1). However, little is known about how present

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Frost, Carrie Frederick. "Matters of Birth and Death in the Russian Orthodox Church and Ecumenical Patriarchate's Social Documents." Studies in Christian Ethics 35, no. 2 (2021): 266–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09539468211045332.

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In a span of twenty years, two of the autocephalous churches of the Orthodox Christian world released documents addressing the social realities of contemporary life: the Russian Orthodox Church's Basis of the Social Concept (2000) and the Ecumenical Patriarch's For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church (2020). This article offers a side-by-side comparison and analysis of the documents’ treatments of matters of birth and death, including childbirth, abortion, miscarriage, end-of-life care, euthanasia, suicide, and a vision of a good death. Detailed comparison demon

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Yilmaz, Yonca, and Mine Tanaç Zeren. "The Responses Of Antakya (Antioch) Churches To Cultural Shifts." Resourceedings 2, no. 3 (2019): 124. http://dx.doi.org/10.21625/resourceedings.v2i3.636.

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Antakya (Antioch), located in the southern region of Turkey, is one of the oldest settlements in the country. Its history dates back to the prehistoric times. It has been through countless invasions throughout its history. It has been dominated by various civilizations and has been the center of many religions. The city, which was founded by Alexander the Great in the Roman period, has many routes to nearly all directions as a result of its geographical location. Due to its context, this makes the city the point of convergence of cultures. After the Roman period, Byzantine and Arab-dominated c

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Li, Xinyu, and Jian Tang. "The Comparative Analysis of the Styles of Christian Churches in Modern Mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong." E3S Web of Conferences 283 (2021): 02017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128302017.

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Chinese Christian (Catholic) architecture is not only an important type of religious architecture, but also an important witness of cultural exchanges between China and the West. This article comprehensively summarizes the architectural styles of Christian (Catholic) churches in modern mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong, and compares the differences in the main styles of their churches horizontally. Based on the data results, a comprehensive analysis of various factors such as age, region, religion, and society is carried out to further explore the reasons for the differences in the architect

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Hanciles, Jehu J. "Migrants as Missionaries, Missionaries as Outsiders: Reflections on African Christian Presence in Western Societies." Mission Studies 30, no. 1 (2013): 64–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15733831-12341258.

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Abstract This paper makes the case that human migration has played a vital and transformational role in the development and expansion of the Christian movement throughout its history. But it mainly focuses on the unprecedented rise of global migratory flows in the last four to five decades to explicate this link. According to recent data, Christians account for almost half of all international migrants. This, combined with the predominance of south-north migration, explains the remarkable rise of immigrant Christian churches (or communities) in many Western societies. While many of these immig

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Smirnov, Mikhail. "The European Christian Churches and Politics." Contemporary Europe 103, no. 3 (2021): 159–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/soveurope32021159166.

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The article is dedicated to the methodological aspects of the study of Christian churches political role in modern Europe, conducted by the Russian religious scholar R.N. Lunkin. In the monograph “Churches in Politics and Politics in Churches. How Modern Christianity is changing European Society” he presented a number of non-trivial and important ideas for academic discourse on the traditional topic “church and politics” in the external and internal transformations context of European society. The researcher applied the methodological technique by moving from the general (the basic concepts th

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Tendean, Debby Sandra. "MISIOLOGI DAN PELAYANAN HOLISTIK SEBAGAI DASAR KEPEDULIAN SOSIAL: IMPLEMENTASI PRINSIP YAKOBUS 2:14-17." Manna Rafflesia 11, no. 1 (2024): 128–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.38091/man_raf.v11i1.493.

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This article examines the role of missiology and holistic ministry as the basis of social care with the implementation of the principles outlined in the letter of the Apostle James 2: 14-17. The verses emphasize that faith without works is dead, indicating that real action must accompany true faith. This study aims to provide insights and practical guidance for churches and Christian organizations in carrying out holistic ministry, which not only reaches out to souls but also has a real positive impact on society. Through a missiological approach, this article uses a descriptive qualitative me

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Zvonarev, Sergey. "Accession of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches in the context of church-state relations in the USSR." St. Tikhons' University Review 122 (February 28, 2025): 164–80. https://doi.org/10.15382/sturii2025122.164-180.

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The accession of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches in 1961 was the result of Moscow’s revision of its previous position, as well as a great deal of preparatory work led by Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations. The Russian Church was not free to make such an important decision. The Soviet authorities regarded the membership of the churches of the USSR and the Eastern European Socialist Bloc countries in the WCC as an obstacle to the transformation of the international Christian organization into an instrument of the We

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Buturlimova, Olha. "Relations Between Labour Party and Christian Churches in England at the End of XIX – the First Third of the XX cc." European Historical Studies, no. 13 (2019): 101–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2524-048x.2019.13.101-120.

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The article traces the responses of the Church of England, Roman – Catholic Church and “free churches” on the development of the Labour Party. The author underlines that Labour party was assisted by those Christian churches. It is mentioned also that Labour Church and Ethic Church as Labour supporters too. The article touches upon such problems as social inequality in British society, secularization of the working class in urban cotton towns and ports. Anglican Church’s help to the low-income working class is investigated also. The author underlines that British Labour party was deeply influen

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Markos, Antonius. "Developments in Coptic Orthodox Missiology." Missiology: An International Review 17, no. 2 (1989): 203–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182968901700206.

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“The Church of Alexandria,” the Coptic Church of Egypt, is the ancient African church established in apostolic times around A.D. 42 by Saint Mark, the Gospel writer. In the ensuing two thousand years Coptic Christians practiced their faith fervently. The Coptic Church, a missionary church since its earliest times, was known to be the first carrier of Christian faith to Ireland, Switzerland, Ethiopia, Nubia, and North Africa. Since geographically and ethnically the Egyptians belong to Africa, the Coptic Church found fellowship with Christian movements in Africa. Two historical meetings of leade

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Urfer, Sylvain. "Quand les Églises entrent en politique..." Politique africaine 52, no. 1 (1993): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/polaf.1993.5710.

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When churches turn to politics. In the conflictual situation created in Madagascar by the July-August 1991 events, the FFKM, the Council of the Christian Madagascan churches appeared beyond doubt the only one able to arbitrate, despite the fact that Christians form no more than 40% of the Madagascan people. The FFKM has little by little become a partner in the négociations, has signed the Panorama Convention, organized a National Forum in which it worked to pass the whole text of the constitution it supported. It has acted apart from the various ecclesiastical hierarchies and discouraged a num

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Sema, Daniel. "MODUS DORIAN: SEBUAH ALTERNATIF BAGI PENCIPTAAN HYMN." Tonika: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengkajian Seni 2, no. 1 (2019): 48–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.37368/tonika.v2i1.42.

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In today's Indonesian churches there are two types of music in worship, namely: hymnal songs or hymn (which are still used in mainstream Protestant churches) and contemporary Christian songs (used in Pentecostal and Charismatic churches). Nevertheless, contemporary Christian singing began to be accepted by some Protestant Christians and its existence increasingly dominated and urged the hymn. In order for the hymn to not be easily abandoned and felt contemporary, the author offers a new alternative to the creation of the hymn that has based itself on the major-minor mode for centuries. The alt

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Adebayo, Rufus, and Sylvia Zulu. "Christian Communication, Forms, Secularity, and Dimensions of Language in a Multifaceted Cultural Setting." African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies 3, no. 1 (2021): 91–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v3i1.914.

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Christian communication and the various dimensions of language are profoundly connected and interchangeably used in a multifaceted cultural setting. Christian churches in South Africa, similar to any other African countries, profess their philosophies, passions, and beliefs to multi-cultural congregations through the use of sacred languages and communication. This study posits that the uprising of Pentecostal churches has paved the way for nonspiritual dialectic languages and has also greatly lessened spiritual communication. As a result, the study highlights the relationship between language

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Sangwa, Sixbert, and Placide Mutabazi. "Ministry and Economic Prosperity, the 21st Century Challenges and Motivations into Ministry." Open Journal of Business Theology 01, no. 02 (2021): 22–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7952848.

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This article investigated the nature of current practices in Christian ministry in Rwanda, which has recently been alleged for the commodification of the gospel due to a range of commoditization symptoms. An exploratory study has been carried out, just after the government of Rwanda initiated a new and solid legal environment allowing faith-based organizations to exercise their constitutional freedom, to examine factors that influence ministry, and understand Christian views about running a ministry for economic prosperity. The study has drawn a sample of 250 Christians from 10 local churches

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Hicks, John Mark, and Mark Weedman. "Believers’ Baptism among Churches of Christ and Christian Churches." Ecumenical Review 67, no. 3 (2015): 374–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/erev.12171.

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Edwards, Ruth B. "What is the Theology of Women's Ministry?" Scottish Journal of Theology 40, no. 3 (1987): 421–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0036930600018366.

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The theology of women's ministry is a comparatively new item on the Church's agenda. It is less than two decades since the Church of Scotland took the historic decision to open its ordained ministry to women. At the time it seemed a controversial step, and many must have wondered where it would lead the Kirk. I think that we can truthfully say that it has not led to any dire disasters, but rather to the enrichment of the ministry. That has also been the experience of many other Churches which in recent years have opened their ordained ministry to women. But controversies remain. The 1985 Gener

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Jongeneel, Jan A. B. "The Mission of Migrant Churches in Europe." Missiology: An International Review 31, no. 1 (2003): 29–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182960303100105.

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Most of the new migrants in Europe live in the Western part of the continent. Although the number of Muslim migrants exceeds that of the Christian migrants, it is still remarkable that in Europe there are more than one million new immigrants who adhere to Christianity. These Western and non-Western Christians have established their own Bible and prayer groups, congregations, churches, and so on. They are also active in mission: Internal mission (in their own circles), reverse mission, and common mission. They can help Western Christians to renew their own mission.

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Mashabela, James Kenokeno. "Africa Independent Churches as Amabandla Omoya and Syncretism in South Africa." Religions 14, no. 11 (2023): 1369. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14111369.

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This article presents a historical contribution of African Independent Churches in South Africa, particularly with references to the Ibandla lamaNazaretha of Isaiah Shembe, Zion Christian Church (ZCC) of Engenas Lekganyane and the St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Christina Nku. There is no doubt that these churches continue to be attractive and relevant to the South African context in the 21st century. They form an integrated part of African Christianity in South Africa. The article investigates ways in which these churches respond to the spiritual and cultural needs of Africans. It

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Hutabarat, Binsar Antoni. "Perda Manokwari Kota Injil: Makna dan Konsekuensi bagi Gereja-gereja di Indonesia." Societas Dei: Jurnal Agama dan Masyarakat 2, no. 1 (2017): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.33550/sd.v2i1.58.

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ABSTRACT: This article entitled "Provincial Regulation of Gospel City Manokwari: Significance and Consequences for the Churches in Indonesia" will first explore the presence of Provincial Regulation (Perda or peraturan daerah) of Gospel City Manokwari. The article is based on data collected by the author in a field research in areas related to the initiation of these regulations, and particularly in Manokwari. The author will then analyze this regulation from the standpoint of Christian theology, and further explain the implications of these regulations for the churches in Indonesia. The findi

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Gilliland, Dean S. "How “Christian” Are African Independent Churches?" Missiology: An International Review 14, no. 3 (1986): 259–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182968601400301.

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The article recognizes the impact that independent churches are having on the formation of Christianity on the African continent. Failure to recognize these churches arises from issues that are related to the historical missionary movement. A responsible theological evaluation of these churches must be done. Superficial acceptance is as intolerable as unfair condemnation. A grid for typing the wide-ranging movements is as follows: (1) Primary-evangelical Pentecostal, (2) Secondary-evangelical Pentecostal, (3) Revelational-indigenous, (4) Indigenous-eclectic. Classification of the churches into

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Tadic, Milutin, and Aleksandar Petrovic. "Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 91, no. 4 (2011): 141–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd1104141t.

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The subject of the paper is an exact analysis of the orientation of the Serbian monastery churches: the Church of the Virgin Mary (13th century), St. Nicholas' Church (13th century), and an early Christian church (6th century). The paper determines the azimuth of parallel axes in churches, and then the aberrations of those axes from the equinoctial east are interpreted. Under assumption that the axes were directed towards the rising sun, it was surmised that the early Christian church's patron saint could be St. John the Baptist, that the Church of the Virgin Mary was founded on Annunciation d

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Latham, Jacob A. "From Literal to Spiritual Soldiers of Christ: Disputed Episcopal Elections and the Advent of Christian Processions in Late Antique Rome." Church History 81, no. 2 (2012): 298–327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009640712000613.

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There were at least five disputed episcopal elections in the fourth through the sixth centuries. This intra-Christian competition did not, however, lead to the contestation of space in the form of processions as it did, for example, in Constantinople. At Rome, intra-Christian competition took the form, at least rhetorically, of siege and occupation. Instead of conquering urban space through processions—impossible as the Roman aristocracy and their patronage of traditional spectacles still dominated and defined the public sphere—Roman Christians resorted to warfare, until the mid-sixth century

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Longman, Timothy. "Church Politics and the Genocide in Rwanda." Journal of Religion in Africa 31, no. 2 (2001): 163–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006601x00112.

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AbstractChristian churches were deeply implicated in the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsi in Rwanda. Churches were a major site for massacres, and many Christians participated in the slaughter, including church personnel and lay leaders. Church involvement in the genocide can be explained in part because of the historic link between church and state and the acceptance of ethnic discrimination among church officials. In addition, just as political officials chose genocide as a means of reasserting their authority in the face of challenges from a democracy movement and civil war, struggles over pow

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Mudrov, Sergei A. "The Christian Churches as Special Participants in European Integration." Journal of Contemporary European Research 7, no. 3 (2011): 363–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v7i3.263.

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This article argues that Christian Churches should be regarded as special participants in European integration. The Churches embrace features of non-state actors and identity formers, and they take a unique stance as contributors to the initial stages of the integration process. In addition, Churches perform their functions within Church-State regimes - a phenomenon unknown to other actors in European integration. Overall, Christian Churches have established themselves as unique and influential participants in European integration and EU politics.

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Farrell, James J. "Thomas Merton and the Religion of the Bomb." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 5, no. 1 (1995): 77–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rac.1995.5.1.03a00040.

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In 1958, C. Wright Mills delivered his “Pagan Sermon to the Christian Clergy,” a piece in which he challenged American churches to consider their complicity in the coming of World War III. Mills complained that “the verbal Christian belief in the sanctity of human life… does not itself enter decisively into the plans now being readied for World War III.… Total war ought indeed be difficult for the Christian conscience to confront, but the Christian way out makes it easy; war is defended morally and Christians easily fall into line—as they are led to justify it—in each nation in terms of Christ

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CUI, Yang, and Meng HE. "The Abolition and Reconstruction of a Church A Case Study of Christian Localization in Nu Village within the North Sino-Myanmar Boundary." International Journal of Sino-Western Studies 21 (December 9, 2021): 55–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.37819/ijsws.21.140.

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The church is an important place for Christians to practice their faith. It has also become an important symbol to highlight the history memory of the village in the ethnic areas of the North Sino-Myanmar Boundary. Christianity was introduced into Nu people for nearly one hundred years, Christian faith has become an important part of its cultural tradition. A history of the construction of the Christian church is the history of the Christian faith. To explore the process of the construction, abolishment and reconstruction of the Christian church is to reveal the dynamic change process of the C

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Tarkhanova, Svetlana. "The Problem of Transforming Synagogues into Christian Churches and Christian churches into Synagogues: Archaeological Evidence." Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art 5 (2015): 210–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa155-2-21.

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Ryu, Dae Young. "The Origin and Characteristics of Evangelical Protestantism in Korea at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Church History 77, no. 2 (2008): 371–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009640708000589.

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One peculiar phenomenon in the Korean Protestant churches today is that most churches, regardless of their size and denomination, assert that they are “evangelical.” By claiming to be evangelical, they want to display not simply their conservative theological stance but also continuity with their tradition. Self-acclaimed evangelical churches generally believe that the early Korean church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was also evangelical, and hence they are its true heirs. Moreover, in the mind of the self-consciously evangelical Korean Christians, “Puritanism” is somet

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Stasson, Anneke H. "Christian Women and the Development of Nascent Feminist Consciousness in Nineteenth-Century China." Religions 14, no. 3 (2023): 387. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14030387.

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In 2010, Padma Anagol argued that the first modern feminists in India were Christian women, women such as Laxmibai Tilak and Pandita Ramabai. Using Anagol’s definition of feminism as “a theory and practice which presented a challenge to the subordination of women in society and attempted to redress the balance of power between the sexes,” this article shows how feminist consciousness was cultivated in Christian schools, churches, hospitals, and organizations in late-nineteenth-century China. Kwok Pui Lan pointed out in 1992 that Christians were the first women in China to band together to figh

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Romanovska-Grinberga, Kristiana, and Andra Ulme. "The Research of Environmental Accessibility in Riga Churches." Landscape architecture and art 15 (March 23, 2020): 112–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2019.15.13.

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The topic of the research is the environmental accessibility of churches in Riga. It is equally important both in Latvia and worldwide. Environmental accessibility is generally perceived as removing obstacles for people with special needs. According to the universal design and its principles public spaces should provide equal accessibility for every member of society. The Laws and Constitution of Latvia provides equal rights for all citizens. Environmental accessibility problems most commonly occur in cultural monuments, which include some of the churches. In modern world Christianity is a tra

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Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena. "United Over Meals Divided at the Lord’s Table: Christianity and the Unity of the Church in Africa." Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 27, no. 1 (2010): 16–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265378809351452.

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Christianity in Africa owes its massive growth of the last 50 years to the Independent and Pentecostal/ charismatic churches. The relationships between these churches and the older mission-founded churches are strained. Ethnic and social factors contribute to the divisions. Christian unity in Africa will require conversion to Christ. The strong African tradition of communal life is destroyed by external forces and inter-African conflicts in which members of the same churches have fought one another. Healing is only possible through reconciliation, which calls for conversion from the sin of bre

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Lupu, Stefan. "Il principio della sinodalità nella prospettiva ecumenica secondo il teologo ortodosso Dumitru Staniloae." DIALOG TEOLOGIC XXVI, no. 51 (2023): 148–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.53438/qxof8339.

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The Romanian Orthodox theologian Dumitru Stăniloae stated that the main task of the next ecumenical synod should be the reunification of the Christian Churches and that this union should be done under the emblem of Orthodoxy. Until that happy event, a long road of preparation and rapprochement between the Christian Churches is needed. Inspired by this deep conviction, he wanted to offer his own contribution, not only by studying the doctrine of the other Christian Churches and bringing to the knowledge of the faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church the results obtained by the ecumenical dialo

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Gassman, Mattias. "Semi-Pagans? Some Mutations of Non-Christian Thought in Late Antiquity." Studies in Late Antiquity 9, no. 1 (2025): 85–116. https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2025.9.1.85.

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Ambiguities of religious practice and belief are a crucial feature of the religious transformation of the late Roman world. Recent scholarship on the limits of Christianization has focused, above all, on the tension between the lifestyles of ordinary Christians and bishops’ normative standards. This article turns attention to a different set. As Charles Guignebert suggested in a seminal article (1923), some traditionalists may have embraced Christian ideas without joining Christian churches. This article teases out Christian elements in the thinking of two traditionalist Latin intellectuals. O

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Andreopoulos, Andreas, Neil Messer, and Robert Song. "Guest Editorial." Studies in Christian Ethics 24, no. 4 (2011): 409–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0953946811415009.

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A collection of papers from a conference entitled ‘Eastern Orthodox and Western Christian Approaches to Bioethics’ is presented in this issue. This Editorial introduces the papers and identifies recurrent themes and questions: first, the complex relationship between faith, ethics, law and professional practice; secondly, the modes and tasks of Christian ethics or moral theology in relation to bioethical issues; thirdly, the kinds of service that academic theologians should offer to the churches, their leaders and Christians in relevant professions; fourth and finally, the continuity or discont

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Uścinowicz, Jerzy. "EXCHANGE OF VALUES IN CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE IN POLAND SYMBOL IN THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 33, Supplement (2009): 279–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1392-1630.2009.33.279-290.

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Poland is situated in the area of cultural and religious borderland, in the sphere of Latin and Greek-Slavonic influence. The Author reviews the past and present examples of the exchange of values in the Christian Churches, i.e. the Eastern (Orthodox and Uniate) and the Western (Roman Catholic and Protestant). They are portrayed through mutual conversion of temples, incorporation of traditional orthodox iconography in contemporary Roman Catholic churches as well as by adaptation of historic temples for their mutual ecumenical use. The values give testimony to the synthesis of art of both Chris

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