Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Church of Daniel's Band is a nondenominational holiness church originally organized in imitation of the early Methodist class meeting at Marine City, Michigan. It was founded in 1893 by former members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.In the year of its foundation, it had 4 to 5 churches with 120 to 217 members and eight ministers.The name of the church was chosen, based on the title of a sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in Newington, London, on August 3, 1890, entitled Daniel's Band, in which he related the story of Daniel in the Old Testament.[1] In that sermon, he exhorted his listeners, "The Lord preserved Daniel, and he will preserve you, dear friend, if you belong to 'Daniel's Band.'Its doctrines and polity are based on the Methodist model. It stresses evangelism, perfectionism, fellowship, religious freedom, and asceticism.It has historically been a rather small body, although it did experience a period of rapid growth in the late 1910s and early 1920s. During that time, it grew from four churches with 129 members to six churches with 393 members. Between 1950 and 1951, it again experienced a period of rapid growth, going from 121 members to 200 members. In 2007, it reported having only one to four employees.Currently, all four of the church's congregations are in the state of Michigan. It is registered in Midland, Michigan, with additional congregations in Beaverton, Linwood, and Gladwin.. }
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- Church_of_Daniel's_Band abstract "The Church of Daniel's Band is a nondenominational holiness church originally organized in imitation of the early Methodist class meeting at Marine City, Michigan. It was founded in 1893 by former members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.In the year of its foundation, it had 4 to 5 churches with 120 to 217 members and eight ministers.The name of the church was chosen, based on the title of a sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in Newington, London, on August 3, 1890, entitled Daniel's Band, in which he related the story of Daniel in the Old Testament.[1] In that sermon, he exhorted his listeners, "The Lord preserved Daniel, and he will preserve you, dear friend, if you belong to 'Daniel's Band.'Its doctrines and polity are based on the Methodist model. It stresses evangelism, perfectionism, fellowship, religious freedom, and asceticism.It has historically been a rather small body, although it did experience a period of rapid growth in the late 1910s and early 1920s. During that time, it grew from four churches with 129 members to six churches with 393 members. Between 1950 and 1951, it again experienced a period of rapid growth, going from 121 members to 200 members. In 2007, it reported having only one to four employees.Currently, all four of the church's congregations are in the state of Michigan. It is registered in Midland, Michigan, with additional congregations in Beaverton, Linwood, and Gladwin.".