1.   By far the greatest proportion of those joining the new congregations were Presbyterians and they were mostly from rural areas.

2.   For a dwindling congregation to be glad to become part of an implanted group in their own building is even rarer.

3.   This will depend on where a congregation is.

4.   Where white and black churches exist side by side, some congregations are now meeting to worship together on a quarterly basis.

5.   The congregation were like different parts of a huge engine, each one passing a movement on and the recipient taking it up and changing it.

6.   Although not often depicted as such, religious congregations are pluralistic, flexible and inclusive institutions.

7.   And the congregation was a decidedly random lot.

8.   Are religious congregations the most segregated institution in American society?

9.   At Kentucky, the congregation is not so kind or silent.

10.   At St. Nicholas, whose congregation is largely of Russian descent, the latest influx of immigrants has been a revitalizing force.