church-affiliated
Tied to congregation
Church-affiliated describes organizations, institutions, or individuals formally connected to a religious denomination without being directly operated by it.
A church-affiliated hospital or university maintains ties to a particular church—following its values, receiving its support—while operating with some independence: She attended a church-affiliated school.
Facility feeding the poor
- food pantryCharity supplying free groceries
- homeless shelterTemporary housing for vagrants
- Salvation ArmyChristian charitable organization
- Habitat for HumanityNonprofit housing construction organization
missionary · outreach · benevolence · tithing · almsgiving · social services · orphanage · hospital
Narrow in perspective
- denominationalRelating to religious sects
- diocesanOf a bishop's district
- parishLocal church community
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
seminary · ministry · mission · synod · archdiocese · presbytery · ecclesiastical · sectarian
Church-sponsored educational institution
- seminaryClergy training college
- Bible collegeInstitution teaching sacred texts
- Sunday schoolReligious education for children
- divinity schoolInstitution for theological education
convent school · mission school · Jesuit · Notre Dame · boarding school · chapel · chaplaincy · campus ministry
Assembled group of worshippers
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- communicantOne who receives Eucharist
- baptizedInitiated through water rite
- confirmedEstablished as accurate
registered · tithing · member · fellowship · believer · convert · devotee · adherent
Organization serving public good
- tax-exemptFree from taxation
- sponsoredFinancially supported an endeavor
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
chartered · founded · governed · funded · supported · operated · owned · established
soup kitchen
Facility feeding the poor
- food pantryCharity supplying free groceries
- homeless shelterTemporary housing for vagrants
- Salvation ArmyChristian charitable organization
Habitat for Humanity · missionary · outreach · benevolence · tithing · almsgiving · social services · orphanage · hospital · hospice
parochial
Narrow in perspective
- denominationalRelating to religious sects
- diocesanOf a bishop's district
- parishLocal church community
congregation · seminary · ministry · mission · synod · archdiocese · presbytery · ecclesiastical · sectarian · faith-based
parochial school
Church-sponsored educational institution
- seminaryClergy training college
- Bible collegeInstitution teaching sacred texts
- Sunday schoolReligious education for children
divinity school · convent school · mission school · Jesuit · Notre Dame · boarding school · chapel · chaplaincy · campus ministry
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- parishionerMember of a congregation
- communicantOne who receives Eucharist
- baptizedInitiated through water rite
confirmed · registered · tithing · member · fellowship · believer · convert · devotee · adherent · faithful
nonprofit
Organization serving public good
- tax-exemptFree from taxation
- sponsoredFinancially supported an endeavor
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
sanctioned · chartered · founded · governed · funded · supported · operated · owned · established · incorporated
church-affiliatedsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
nonreligious · non-denominational · state-run · public · godless
church-affiliatedindependent
Free from external control
unaffiliated · autonomous · self-governing · freestanding · non-affiliated
church, affiliated, churches, churchly, churchman, churchmen, churchgoer, churchgoers, churchyard