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Youth For Christ (YFC) is a worldwide Christian movement working with young people, whose main purpose is evangelism among teenagers. It began informally in New York City in 1940, when Jack Wyrtzen held evangelical Protestant rallies for teenagers. [1] Rallies were held in other U.S. cities during World War II, attracting particularly large ...
Jesus Prayer. The Jesus Prayer, [ a] also known as The Prayer, [ b] is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism : Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. It is often repeated continually as a part of personal ascetic practice, its use being an integral part of the ...
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship. Many such congregations identify themselves ...
The church teaches that "the standard doctrine of the church is monogamy" and that polygamy was a temporary exception to the rule. [27] In defence of the practice, some early church leaders taught that God the Father and Jesus Christ both practiced polygamy. These ideas were generally accepted among church members in the 1850s. [28] [29] [30]
The Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ is a Roman Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men that forms part of the Regnum Christi Federation, founded by Maciel in 1959, which includes the Legionaries of Christ, the Society of Apostolic Life of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, the Society of Apostolic Life of the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi ...
Further revisions, strengthening the link with Communion and intercession for the wider church and the world, appeared in the Methodist Service Book (1975) and Methodist Worship Book (1999). Although the form of the covenant prayer and service have been simplified, important elements of them are still retained from Wesley's Directions. They ...
The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, also called Holdeman Mennonite, is a Christian Church of Anabaptist heritage. Its formation started in 1859 under its first leader, a self-described prophet named John Holdeman (1832-1900), who was a baptized Mennonite. [ 1] The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite is Conservative Mennonite that has ...
Living Christ Church started as a prayer group of like minded Christians in 1992. They organized themselves as a youth prayer group to pray for the evangelism and church planting initiatives in the war-torn north and east. It was a great need at that time, because of the evangelists and church workers were reluctant to go to northern part of ...