Church
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Church is an English word for a Christian religious institution or building but it may refer to:
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Religion [edit]
- Place of worship, a specially designed structure or consecrated space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study.
- Church (building) A Christian place of worship
- Church service, a formalized period of communal worship
- Church music written for performance in church
- Christian Church, refers to the whole Christian religious tradition through history.
- Any of several more specific Christian denominations
- Particular church, ecclesial communities within Catholic Christianity
- Simple church, an Evangelical Christian movement
- Ecclesiology, the study of the church in Christian theology
- Any of several more specific Christian denominations
- A religious denomination
- State church, a religious body or creed officially endorsed by that nation's government
- Local church, the body made up of a congregation, its members and clergy
- Christian clergy, formal Christian religious leadership
- Church, a sociological classification of religious movements
- Broad church, one organization encompassing a broad range of opinion (from Anglican Church) used in politics
People [edit]
- Church (surname), people with the surname Church
- Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer, nicknamed Gilly or Church
Places [edit]
- Church, Lancashire, England
- Church, Iowa, United States, unincorporated community
- Church (Liverpool ward)
- Church (Sefton ward)
Popular music [edit]
- The Church (band)
- The Church, an alternate name for their debut album, Of Skins and Heart
- Chvrches, an electropop trio from Glasgow, Scotland
- "Church" (song), by T-Pain
- "Church", a song by Galactic on the album Coolin' Off
- "Church", a song by OutKast on the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
- "The Church", a song by Hawkwind on the album Church of Hawkwind
Other uses [edit]
- Church Committee, the common term referring to the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (chaired by Senator Frank Church (D-ID) in 1975)
- Church (Red vs. Blue), a fictional character
- The Church (film)
- Church, a cat in the novel Pet Sematary
- The probabilistic programming language Church (programming language), named after Alonzo Church.
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