By 1880, the Protestant churches had left the neighborhood.
The churches left the strongest mark on subsequent architecture.
Under his leadership, the church grew and left the Churches of Christ background.
That church later left the Southern Baptist Convention on its own.
Some churches leave much of the action to the minister, while others encourage great congregational participation.
I have no plans to leave the church, though the church might leave me.
By then the prosperous families that had founded the church were leaving Brooklyn and the size of the congregation was diminishing.
Liberal Catholics contend that the church has traditionally left weighing the issues to the individual conscience.
No profit was made in six years, and the church left, losing their investment.
There were only six houses and the church left afterwards.