Assertion: local church | /r/CapableOf | connect local churches
Facets:
value: depending on the tradition
type: OTHER
value: to larger church traditions
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to ordain and defrock clergy
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Depending on the tradition, these organizations may connect local churches to larger church traditions, ordain and defrock clergy, define terms of membership and exercise church discipline, and have organizations for cooperative ministry such as educational institutions and missionary societies.