But he was too inarticulate to turn preacher, and not enough of a leader to organize a congregation.

Allen continued for some years within the Methodist denomination but organized a black congregation.

In 1901 18 cities and towns had one or more Jewish institutions, 16 of them having 50 regularly organized congregations.

They organized independent black congregations and churches to practice religion apart from white oversight.

Several white Protestant denominations organized congregations and built churches in the 1870s.

On January 4 that year a preliminary meeting was held to consider the advisability of organizing a congregation.

There was no attempt to organize a congregation until more substantial numbers immigrated from Germany in 1850s.

Apostles have the authority to organize or dissolve congregations and ministry groups.

They organized a small congregation there with the king's steward, Hergeir, as its most prominent member.

Nerinckx organized new congregations and oversaw the building of churches.