1.   For many people assumed that such arrangements meant that each individual congregation would no longer have uninhibited control over its own property!

2.   As the pulpit faced west, the congregation had their backs towards Mecca.

3.   The service was interminably long and the congregation had to stand throughout.

4.   And, he said, even though his congregation had a great spirit, people are incredibly busy just surviving.

5.   After that, a congregation would have to hire him.

6.   But Brother David pulled back the application when it became clear that the congregation would have to bear most of the capital costs.

7.   Liberal Protestant congregations generally have a higher percentage of college graduates than other groups.

8.   Most congregations have both conservatives and moderates and have difficulty breaking completely away from the Southern Baptist Convention.

9.   One congregation now has a mortgage more than six times what it owed before the church burned.

10.   Our congregation did have reservations about opening their homes.