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Great Commission church movement; International Fellowship of Evangelical Students association of Christian student movements worldwide (including InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the U.S.) International House of Prayer founded by Mike Bickle (minister) Langham Partnership International founded by John Stott
This is a list of religious organizations by faith. As it can be a matter of rebuttal as to whether an organization is in fact religious, organizations only appear on this list where the organization itself claims or has claimed to be a religious organization.
Parachurch organizations perform a number of roles, including: [3] evangelistic crusade associations (patterned after the Billy Graham Association); evangelistic and discipleship ministries (such as ThereforeGo Ministries, [4] Youth With a Mission (), InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Scripture Union, Cru, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Christian Challenge, and The Navigators)
The Catholic Church, or Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. It considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded, [64] and which Saint Peter initiated along with the missionary work of Saint Paul and others. As ...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a number of supporting, parachurch, independent, self-supporting and other such organizations that work adjunct or in association with the official church. One author estimated their number at over 800 and are mostly supportive of the church, although differing ministries may be critical of church actions.
Many in the movement embrace the missiology that drives the movement in an effort to be like Christ and make disciples by being a good example. The emerging church movement contains a great diversity in beliefs and practices, although some have adopted a preoccupation with sacred rituals, good works, and political and social activism.
Other examples include the ward in Berkeley, California pushing back against 2008 California Proposition 8, a ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage, [71] and other members of the church advocating for Mormon feminism (which the church has historically discouraged with blanket statements of ...
It is performed by most Christians, although the early church recognised that "devotion to prayer and the ministry of the word" was a special part of the role of the apostles, [2] thus distinguishing general "ministry" from the "office of minister" to which specific individuals who feel a certain vocation. [3]