Church

Church may refer to:

Religion

• Church (building)
• Church service, a formalized period of communal worship
• Christian Church, the worldwide body of Christians
  • Any of several more specific Christian denominations
• 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
• Simple church, an Evangelical Christian movement
• Christian clergy, formal Christian religious leadership

Noun

church (plural churches)

1. A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.

   There is a lovely little church in the valley.

   This building used to be a church before being converted into a library.

2. A Christian religious organization, local or general.

   The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.

   The church across the street has a service at 10 am.

3. A group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

   These worshippers comprise the Church of Christ.

   • Acts 20:28, New International Version:

     Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

4. A time of public worship; a worship service.

   I'll be there after church.

• (building): chapel (small church), kirk (Scotland)
• (group of worshippers): congregation

A church is an association of people who share a particular belief system, particularly used in Christianity. The Christian concept "Church" (Greek εκκλησία — ekklesia, ref. Strong's Concordance — 1577) is mentioned in the New Testament, of the 114 occurrences. The Greek term εκκλησία — ekklesia, which literally means a "convocation", was a governmental and political term, used to denote a national assembly.

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