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Recent Examples of congregant
At church trainings, hundreds of congregants are trained in safety and active shooter drills.
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Jeff A. Chamer
december 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
At his final service, more than 200 congregants gathered to bid farewell.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Now, both the church leader and congregant say the post misrepresented what happened.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
After communion, a congregant named Mary (Amanda Seyfried) asks the Reverend to speak with her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger), an environmental activist recently released from jail.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
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Jeff A. Chamer
december 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
At his final service, more than 200 congregants gathered to bid farewell.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Now, both the church leader and congregant say the post misrepresented what happened.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
After communion, a congregant named Mary (Amanda Seyfried) asks the Reverend to speak with her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger), an environmental activist recently released from jail.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregant
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These preachers can avail themselves of conservative-friendly media figures like a Joe Rogan (now a regular churchgoer) or Theo Von (in a Bible study with Morgan Wallen) or Evangelical podcasters like Bryce Crawford, George Janko, and Girls Gone Bible (Smith has recently booked all three).—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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Kessler was a husband, dad, grandfather, brother, nephew, volunteer, Catholic churchgoer, Knight of Columbus and more, according to his family members.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
28 Dec. 2025
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Nonetheless, the event’s atmosphere reliably turns Lincoln Center into a hive of cinematic energy, and the impatient desire that draws audiences through the doors provides a sense of like-minded communicants at the movie altar.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Sep. 2025
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The North Charles Street resident was a communicant of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, 740 N. Calvert Street, where a Memorial Mass will be offered at 1 p.m. June 3, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2023
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