Terms starting with D

Set prayers — psalms, scripture readings, and prayers — said at fixed times through the day, in a pattern the church has kept for over 1,500 years.

The process of seriously re-examining one's Christian beliefs — questioning what one was taught, discarding some of it, sometimes all of it — and, in "exvangelical," the identity of those who've left evangelicalism specifically.

Freeing a person from demonic influence or spiritual bondage through prayer — taken very literally in some traditions and understood more broadly in others.

A named branch of Christianity with its own structure, beliefs, and churches (Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian). A non-denominational church is one that declines to belong to any of them.

Being trained in following Jesus — learning to think, pray, and live as a Christian, usually with the help of someone further along.

A church's official teaching on a topic — what it holds to be true about God, Jesus, salvation, the Bible, and the rest — organized, stated, and passed on.

Being deeply involved in each other's everyday lives as a church community — not just seeing each other on Sundays.

A short song or formula of praise to God, especially the one that begins "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," often sung when the offering is brought forward.