Examples of State Church in a sentence
Religious Change in Northern Europe - The Case of Sweden: From State Church to Free Folk Church.
Each State Church has an approved Privacy Policy which is to be followed by those involved in ministry.
An adult who claims to have been a victim of child sexual abuse but who does not want to press charges or to be involved in a criminal complaint will be advised that the person or body appointed by the relevant State Church to receive such allegations will report the matter to State Police for information without disclosing that adult’s name.
In the first case, Norway has a State religion and a State Church, of which the 86% of the population are members.
If the State Police advise that the matter will not proceed, the person or body appointed by the relevant State Church to receive such allegations will initiate action to determine the plausibility of the allegation always in accordance with procedural fairness and to take such action as may be necessary to protect children from harm.
In his view, the Unitarian movement should exist within the State Church.
The Massachusetts State Church allowed an almost unchecked degree of local autonomy.
Residential houses, of which most are detached, usually have a little hall with a heated floor right at the entrance, where clothes, boots and reflectors for the cold and dark period are stored and dried.Almost 80% of the inhabitants (Statistics Norway 2016 - Religion) are members of the (Lutheran) Norwegian State Church, but villagers would often not define themselves as religious, but say ‘Jeg har min barnetro’, (I have my childhood faith).
The only formal exemption is the case of internal conditions in religious communities, including the Norwegian State Church.
With the increasing number of non-western migrants, the historic position of the Norwegian Protestant State Church is changing (Kultur- og kirkedepartementet 2006).