Senator BARACK OBAMA (Democrat, Illinois): I don't think that my church is actually - particularly controversial.
Mr. ROMNEY: No authorities of my church will ever exert influence on presidential decisions.
Over the last 12 months, my church has laid off 15% of its staff.
In college, I became a volunteer for the junior high ministry at my church.
That interest was developed because of my church background as much as my professional position.
Mr. ROMNEY: My church's beliefs about Christ may not all be the same as those of other faiths.
For the last few months I've seen that experience up close and personal at my church in Chicago, Illinois.
Sponsored by my church, the audience will be Silicon Valley businesspeople who want to integrate faith into their work lives.
And so now we have this version, of course, with my church choir, that is the church I belong to.
Damian and told him: "Go, Francis, and repair my Church in ruins, " Pope Benedict XVI said, according to the Vatican's website.
And if they're not, then why do I keep hearing them at my church which also happens to be a dance club?
"I had lawyer friends in my church, and we talked about the missionaries who saw evil around them but couldn't do anything, " he says.
Simultaneously, I began teaching children in Sunday school as well as various other classes within my church and have continued this ministry since 1968.
When I got older, I taught Sunday School at my church.
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His declaration that "upon this rock I will build my church" famously played on the way Peter's name echoed the Ancient Greek word for rock, "petra".
And my belief was that given that he was about to retire, that for me to make a political statement respecting my church at that time wasn't necessary.
When I suggested to my church that it sponsor youth sports, I thought it might help get more people to services at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ in Oak Lawn, Ill.
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Damian, where Christ on the cross came to life and told him: "Go, Francis, and repair my Church in ruins, " recounted Pope Benedict XVI in a 2010 address, according to the Vatican website.
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I've gone up in a hot-air balloon, traveled extensively, worked for good causes in my church and taught hundreds of children to read during my 23-plus-year career as a special education teacher for Massachusetts public schools.
Add to that my desire to serve in my church, my community and do some good in the world outside of my community and my schedule feels full even before I start writing, speaking, coaching and consulting.
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When the accident first happened, my local church held a prayer service for me.
However, club and independent leagues have busted down the blue laws over the years (much to the chagrin of my United Church of Christ pastor).
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For the first time, fewer than 50% (48%, in fact) of adults identified as Protestant, and those numbers are going down both in traditional mainline denominations, such as my United Church of Christ, and evangelical churches.
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My story starts when I was on my way to church on a Sunday morning.
"I know that my grandparents think of the whole church a little bit differently than my generation does, " said Kaleigh Forst, a student, in New York City.
Mr. WIN BUTLER (Lead Singer, Arcade Fire): (Singing) Working for the church while my family dies.
And my grandmother was a church lady, and they believed in, you know, they gave me singing lessons at five.
And while I have learnt many things, I keep returning to something I first learned in my father's church as a child.
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