The missionaries also laid the foundation for the development of indigenous leadership for the purpose of creating a wholly autonomous church.

Scattered among more than 1,900 autonomous churches, they are far from monolithic and do not vote as a bloc.

The school's statement of faith comes from the fellowship, a voluntary organization of autonomous churches.

The diversity among autonomous churches makes it difficult to document their history, either individually or as a group of common interest.

He then used this as an opportunity to take a role in the struggle for an autonomous Bulgarian church.

CBF members agree that as it is a fellowship of autonomous churches, issuing statements would be beyond its purpose.

For the first time, Romanies became ministers and created their own, autonomous churches and missionary organizations.

Many autonomous churches were birthed out of the revival.

Pentecostal conversions surged during the 1950s and 1960s, when native Brazilians began founding autonomous churches.

Further, some eparchies are organized into exarchates, or autonomous churches.