City of Churches

Very old fashioned name for Brooklyn, NY, referring to the many church steeples that dominated the mostly low rise skyline of Brooklyn when compared to the taller skyscrapers of Manhattan

Brooklyn was known as the city of churches

by mmrw December 18, 2022

lingual church

part of the global church that speaks the same language

A lingual church in Sudan may work from English, Arabic, and Sudanese Arabic to translate the Bible into their own language.

by jag3773 July 14, 2023

Church-Centric Bible Translation

a paradigm of Bible translation focused on the establishing and strengthening of the church using a translation process that is led by leaders of the church and done by Christians 'believers' translating into their own language, as an integral part of their theological and spiritual formation.

Church-Centric Bible Translation (CCBT) integrates Bible translation into the training of leaders in the church as part of their study of the Scriptures while planting new churches in the process.

by jag3773 July 14, 2023

Church-Centric Bible Translation

Church-Centric Bible Translation (CCBT) is a paradigm of Bible translation focussed on the establishing and strengthening of the church using a translation process that is led by leaders of the church and done by Christian 'believers' translating into their own language, as an integral part of their theological and spiritual formation.

CCBT provides the Church with unrestricted freedom to use the highest standard of biblical resources and technology to create, check and publish their translations. CCBT overcomes the licensing obstacle by open-licensing everything that the global church needs (e.g., content, tools, and training.) It overcomes the language obstacle by providing open-licensed resources in all the Gateway Languages so that the church in every language can use the resources through a major language they understand. All content found on the CCBT website is open-licensed (CC-BY-SA).

Five Bible stories have been translated into one of the 120 minority Chadian languages using the church-centric Bible translation model.

by habs94 July 25, 2023

Church

The ultimate approval or agreement to something’s awesomeness. Most commonly used by dudes in their 40s who have removed “f*** yeah” from their vocabularies.

Did you see those amazing tacos? They were straight church bro.

by MECL July 29, 2023

The Church of Nilton

The Church of Nilton was founded in the 1970s in the UK. While technically not a church, it promotes collective class consciousness through a Marxist framework. The followers of the Church are colloquially known as Niltonites.

Hey, have you seen the Church of Nilton building that popped up around the corner? Those bloody Niltonites better not spread their Marxism here.

by Boris Johnsonion August 23, 2023

Brick and Mortar Church Mentality

The idea that church only happens in a building.

Just because you stand in a garage doesn’t make you a car like going to church doesn’t make you a Christian. People act like God ain’t outside the church building. They have that brick and mortar church mentality.

by Malika Davis August 24, 2023