Sunday Christian
Weekly faith performer
A Sunday Christian is someone whose religious observance is limited to weekly church attendance, with little evidence of faith in daily life.
The term is mildly disparaging, suggesting hypocrisy or superficial commitment: He's a Sunday Christian who cheats his employees the other six days.
The concept extends to other religions: a Friday Muslim, a High Holy Days Jew.
In designation only
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- convenientEasy to use
- selectiveChoosing with care
- casualRelaxed and informal
perfunctory · token · half-hearted · lukewarm · cursory · shallow · surface-level · checkbox
Deceptive outward show
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
- self-righteousnessSmug moral superiority
lip service · phoniness · sham · facade · veneer · cant · double standard · performative
Place of Christian worship
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- serviceAid or maintenance
- sermonClergy's worship address
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
sabbath · pew · hymn · collection plate · dressed up · fellowship · bulletin · parking lot
Happening at intervals
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
compartmentalized · double life · contradiction · situational · fair-weather · part-time · seasonal
nominal
In designation only
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- convenientEasy to use
- selectiveChoosing with care
casual · perfunctory · token · half-hearted · lukewarm · cursory · shallow · surface-level · checkbox · social obligation
pretense
Deceptive outward show
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
self-righteousness · lip service · phoniness · sham · facade · veneer · cant · double standard · performative · show
church
Place of Christian worship
congregation · sabbath · pew · hymn · collection plate · dressed up · fellowship · bulletin · parking lot · potluck
occasional
Happening at intervals
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
irregular · compartmentalized · double life · contradiction · situational · fair-weather · part-time · seasonal
- hypocrisyhypocrisy, hypocrite, sanctimony, two-faced, self-righteousness
Sunday Christiantrue believer
Completely committed adherent
born-again Christian · evangelical · prayer warrior · walking the walk · Jesus freak
Sunday, Christian, Christ, Sundays, Christians, sunny, sunned, sunning, Christianity