Sentences with phrase «protested by the local church»

That was strongly protested by the local church youth and succeeded in stopping the game - plan of the oppressors.

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The country has long been considered a model of tolerance, but religious tensions in the past few years — including the demolition of 20 churches, protests over attacks on Christians by Islamist extremists, and a law requiring minority religious groups to collect signatures from local majority groups before building churches — highlight the country's increasing struggles to maintain harmony between its religious groups.

While it is true that many denominational bodies and leaders protested vigorously against our government's Indochina policy, it is all too evident that by and large the local churches failed to confront the theological and moral issues of the war.