enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dedication of churches - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedication_of_churches

    Dedication service at the Kohima Ao Baptist Church in Kohima, affiliated to the Nagaland Baptist Church Council, 2019. In evangelical Baptist churches, the dedication of a church building usually takes place during a service. [17] In Pentecostal churches, a dedication plaque is also attached to the building. [18]

  3. Dedication (ritual) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedication_(ritual)

    A service of dedication is used in the Church of England to bless a couple after a civil marriage. [9] The Church of England's Diocese of Hereford "voted to support a motion calling on the House of Bishops to 'commend an Order of Prayer and Dedication after the registration of a civil partnership or a same sex marriage ' ".

  4. Consecration in Christianity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecration_in_Christianity

    The rite is now called the dedication. [4] [5] Since it would be contradictory to dedicate to the service of God a mortgage-burdened building, the rite of solemn dedication of a church is carried out only if the building is debt-free.

  5. Prayer of Solomon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Solomon

    The Prayer of Solomon is a prayer by King Solomon described in 1 Kings 8:22-53 and 2 Chronicles 6:12-42. This prayer is said to have occurred at the dedication of the temple of Solomon, which also became known as the First Temple. The wording and thinking of the prayer have much in common with the language of Deuteronomy. [1]

  6. Dedications in the Church of England - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedications_in_the_Church...

    Once the Church was established in England it became practice to dedicate a new church's patron saint during the act of consecration by the diocesan bishop, and in fact mass could not be held in a building until the consecration act had taken place. There is much evidence of the dedication of churches prior to 800, with most being dedicated to ...

  7. Las Vegas Nevada Temple - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Nevada_Temple

    A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication for the temple were held in November 1985. Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the church's First Presidency, presided and gave the dedication prayer. Construction began soon after the ceremony. Spires of the Las Vegas Temple

  8. Bishops welcome Church’s decision on same sex ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/bishops-welcome-church-decision-same...

    The plans, to be outlined in a report to the General Synod, will allow same-sex couples to come to Anglican churches after a legal marriage ceremony for services including prayers of dedication ...

  9. Portland Oregon Temple - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Oregon_Temple

    W. Craig Zwick, a church general authority with a construction background, played a role as the general contractor for the temple. [8] [9] Before the dedication ceremony, the temple had a symbolic cornerstone placed in a recess, a capsule that contained scriptures, photographs, historical records, artifacts, and items related to the church in ...