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See also:CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR See also:SOCIETIES , organizations formed for the purpose of promoting spiritual See also:life among See also:young See also:people. They date from 1881, in which See also:year Dr See also:Francis E. See also:Clark (q.v.) formed a Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour in his (Congregational) See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church at See also:Portland, See also:Maine, U.S.A. The See also:idea was taken up elsewhere in See also:America and spread to other countries, till, under the See also:presidency of Dr Clark, a huge number of affiliated societies came into operation throughout the See also:world. They take as their See also:motto " For See also:Christ and the Church," and have done much, especially in the non-episcopal churches, to prepare young men and See also:women for active services in the Church. The organization is See also:international and interdenominational, a World's Christian Endeavour Unionbeing formed in 1895. The members do not See also:form a See also:separate See also:denomination, but remain attached to their respective churches, being grouped in voluntary See also:district federations.
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