The African indigenous church gatherings tend to be smaller, but the total number of different African independent church groups has multiplied well beyond 3,000, representing millions of blacks. (firstthings.com)
I was run - over a number of years ago in a large independent church. (nakedpastor.com)
I am an Eastern Catholic (one of the 21 independent Churches in full communion with the Roman Church). (religion.blogs.cnn.com)