The Scottish church broke its allegiance to Rome in 1560, but bishops continued intermittently until 1689.
Jephtha's church had broken apart over the slave issue.
However, roots of Eucalyptus trees planted nearby the church broke its walls, and the building was condemned by the prefecture.
During the Reformation, the church in Ireland broke allegiance from the papacy.
That same month, the church broke ground for a permanent church building, albeit just a basement, which would be occupied November 13, 1949.
The church broke ground for a new facility in 1967, and the building was dedicated the following year.
The church broke ground in 1984, then ran out of money.
In 1959 the church broke into two equal sections.
Then in 1958 the church broke all records with a gift of over one hundred thousand dollars to the Cooperative Mission Program.
I never really broke with the church; the church broke with me.