faith communities
Worship-based organizations together
Faith communities are groups of people united by shared religious or spiritual beliefs and practices.
The term emerged as a more inclusive alternative to "church" or "congregation," encompassing mosques, synagogues, temples, and other religious gatherings: Local faith communities organized the food drive.
Often used in contexts where government or civic organizations interact with religious groups.
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
- prayerAddress to deity
- prayer circleGroup gathered for collective worship
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
Hinduism · peacebuilding · dialogue · common ground · social justice · outreach programs · ecumenism · interfaith · mutual understanding · worship · coexistence · pastoral care · Islam · fellowship · shared values · parish · house of God · place of worship
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- social groupsdemographic groups, clan, ethnic groups, age groups, minority groups
- American ChristianityBaptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- religious issueschurch and state, religious freedoms, religious tolerance, religious exemptions, interfaith
faith communitiessecular society
Culture separating state from religion
civic groups · professional associations · civic organizations · trade unions · political parties
faith communitiesspiritual but not religious
Personal faith, no denomination