Christian church

Where believers gather

A Christian church is a building where Christians gather for worship, or the congregation that meets there.

The term also refers to an organized body of Christian believers—a denomination or tradition: the Catholic Church, the Baptist church.

With the definite article, the Christian church means the worldwide community of Christian believers or Christianity as an institution, sometimes distinguished from particular denominations.

Related
  • hymnReligious song of praise
  • hymn bookReligious song collection
  • pewWorship hall seating
  • sermonClergy's worship address
  • crossPass from side to side

steeple · sanctuary · house of worship · cathedral · bell · congregation · choir · parish · Catholicism · pulpit · Protestantism · bible · stained glass · stained glass windows · altar · baptismal font · Gothic architecture · chapel

Opposites
religious affiliation

Christian churchmosque

Islamic house of worship

synagogue · Buddhist temple · Hindu temple · temple · Shinto shrine

sacred vs secular space

Christian churchbrothel

Commercial sex establishment

strip club · den of iniquity · nightclub · casino · house of ill repute

institutional religiosity vs individual spirituality

Christian churchpersonal faith

Individual religious belief

private devotion · spiritual but not religious

Family

church, churches, Christ, Christian, churchyard, churchgoing, Christianity, churchman, churchly

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