1. A church is kind of unto itself, and I need the kind of discipline and constant study that a congregation provides. 2. It allows individual religious congregations to directly provide social services with taxpayer money and loosens restrictions against evangelization by government-funded churches. 3. Roy Rubuliak, pastor of a local church, says his congregation is providing food, clothing and some money needed to apply for residency. 4. The congregation has provided his family with sparsely furnished but tidy two-bedroom apartment. 5. The congregation provided harmony. |