A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

The collective body of Christians.

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

1) an assembly of Christian believers. 2) All Christian believers everywhere.

Comprises the body and soul of the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ on earth. (See Mystical Body.)

church is a special place where Christians come together to pray.

From the Greed ekklesia. It is an assembly that at its source did not carry any religious connotations.

(1) A building which is used for worship. (2) The community of Christians.

A building where Christians worship; or an organisation such as the Roman Catholic Church

a community of Christians, or the organisation to which they belong

(with a small c): the building in which Christians worship

From the Greek word "ekklesia," meaning "assembly." In the New Testament, the term is typically used in reference to a group of people, i.e. a "faith community," and it is never used in reference to a building. It may have been intended to contrast with the "synagogue," a term commonly designating the place where Jews would gather to study and discuss their sacred scriptures.

church: temple, building of worship.

A building that is used as a place of worship and prayer, it is mostly used by Christians

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

a Bible believing, praying, Sabbath keeping, Protestant Christian congregation that loves visitors and those of you who are seeking

a body, and it cannot function properly unless the members are faithful

a body of baptized believers in Christ on a credible profession of faith by a property qualified administrator for the maintenance of the worship, and truth, the ordinances and the discipline of the gospel

a body of baptized believers who have covenanted together to carry out Christ's ministry in the world

a body of believers, a group of people with a similar faith

a building, not a temple in whole

a building used in Christian worship

a building where Christians assemble for worship

a business first and a center of worship second

a called out assembly of baptized believers, organized to fulfill the commandments of Christ

a community of baptized believers gathered around Word and Sacrament

a community of believers in Jesus Christ who meet together regularly for mutual edification and worship

a community of faith having a distinct tradition, theology, spirituality, liturgy, hierarchy, and canon law

a community of like minded individuals who hold many of the same beliefs and therefore can help each other to believe with a much stronger Faith

a community of people showing forth the love of God in Christ, working together under various leaders, but all under the leadership of Christ himself

a community of people who share certain spiritual or religious beliefs

a congregation of baptized believers united by covenant to carry into effect the will of the Lord Jesus Christ

a congregation of believers - a family - an organized group of people who follow Christ and desire to serve Him

a conventional religious organization

a dominant religious organization in a given society

a formal religious organization well integrated into the larger society

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a gathering of people in the name of Christ

a gathering place to worship in common communion and is owned by no one but by everyone who enters the doors

a group of believers in Jesus Christ, associated together under Christ for His purposes

a group of believers in Jesus Christ who share a common location, vision, and mission

a group of people forming a body held together by common religious beliefs and "love

a group of sinners gathered by the Holy Spirit under the headship of Christ, to worship God, to encourage one another, and to be God's servants in the world

a household of faith, the evidence of which is in the concrete manner they demonstrate "faith" - by "faithfully preaching the word, observing the sacraments and exercising disipline

a large, established "religious body", having a bureaucratic(Inflexible Rules) structure

a local gathering of individuals who call Jesus Christ their Lord and have been sanctified in Christ Jesus

a meeting place for members of the Christian religion, which originated in the Middle East

an assembly of baptized believers joined by a covenant of discipline and witness who meet together regularly under the preaching of the Word of God (Mt

an assembly of people with certain identity of faith and conviction

an autonomous body, subject only to Christ, its head

an expression of what it means to be the body of Christ and so is a publishing house and a relief organization and a seminary

an online community designed to connect Christians with Christian

an organization of believers

an organization that promotes and supports the religion of Christianity

an organized body of baptized believers, equal in rank and privilege

an organized body of baptized believers, voluntarily joined together for the preaching of the Word, the observing of the ordinances, and the carrying out of the Great Commission

a place of Christian worship, you stand on holy ground

a place where Christians gather privately to express their Christianity, now that public expression of Christianity in America is forbidden

a place where we worship God and a place where we serve others

a sacrament in stone

a sacred place, set apart from all unhallowed and secular uses, for the worship of God

a sacred place where we encounter God in our worship and where many valued spiritual moments and events are experienced

a social way to practice a certain set of beliefs seen as a religion

a society that stands in special relation to God, being instituted for religious purposes

a sort of immersion (hence Christian baptizing) in a body of utopian belief

a symbol of physical connection between ourselves and the concept we have faith in

a type of religious organization well-integrated into the larger society

a universal community of faith having a distinct tradition founded by an apostle or successor and guided by an autonomous hierarchy by which various nations and peoples have been converted to and nurtured by the teachings of Jesus Christ

A community of Christians. In English, the word is also used to refer to the building where Christians worship.

A large, bureaucratically organized religious organization that tends to seek accommodation with the larger society in order to maintain some degree of control over it.

1) an assembly of believers in Messiah. 2) All believers in the Body of Messiah everywhere. See also congregation.

The community of faith headed by Christ, the body of Christ in the world (see 1 Cor 12:12-27; Eph 1:22-23, 4:12, 5:29-30).

The faithful are called out of the world to be the Church: the body of Christ, the Bride of Christ, the New Israel, the ark of salvation, the assembly of the faithful. Through the Church, Christians are united to Christ and to each other. In this community, the believer receives the grace of God through the sacraments and hears the truth of the gospel. This mystical transformation of people into one body in Christ takes place in the Eucharist. Because Christ is the Head of the Church, the Church is a reflection of the Incarnation, with both human and divine qualities (see 1 Cor. 10:16, 17; Gal. 6:16; Eph. 4:12; 5:22-32).

In the New Testament, the ekklesia. In the Bible, this has no reference whatever to buildings or organizations but to the called-out assembly, the covenant people of God. In the overwhelming number of cases, the church or ekklesia of both the Old and New Testaments is the visible covenant community in a particular locale or region. Under the authority of elders (godly heads of households), it unites on the first day of the week to hear the preaching of the Word, to receive the sacraments, and to preserve and perpetuate the Christian Faith. The church is one aspect of the kingdom of God, but it is not the kingdom itself.

A divinely instituted community of believers. Members of the Orthodox Church are united by the Orthodox faith, the laws of God, the hierarchy and the Sacraments.

(i) the name given to the people who together make up the community of faith - followers of Jesus Christ; (ii) the name given to the organisation or institution; (iii) also used to describe the local church community (congregation) and the building in which it meets

a building for public Christian worship; a corporate name applied to all Christians

The Greek word is ECCLESIA. In simple terms it means a body of people. In the New Testament there is one occasion where it is used in reference to the entire nation of Israel (Acts 7:38). Apart from this once all other references are to God's people in the New Covenant era. It is used in two ways: 1. As a collective term for all Christians. In this study this is referred to as ‘The Church' and ‘The Universal Church'. 2. It is used of a localized, regular gathering of Christians, ‘a church'. In this study this is used interchangeably with ‘congregation' and ‘assembly'. It never refers to a building of any sort or any man-made subsection of The Church – i.e. a denominational group. (See also the first page of the study under ‘What is the Church?' for details of one instance where ‘church' is misleadingly translated).

This word may designate a building or a place of Christian worship, the membership of a particular denomination, or all Christians considered together.

building used for religious worship (chapel, mosque, synagogue, tabernacle, temple).

place where Christians meet for worship but also the world-wide community of Christians, or a particular community of Christians

an ethical commonwealth wherein the members regard themselves as being governed by God. The visible form promotes a particular historical faith, whereas the invisible form promotes pure rational faith. A true church is a visible church that is based on the four principles of the invisible church: universality, purity, 'freedom', and unchangeableness.

comes from the Greek word ekklesia. Ekklesia is not a religious word as originally used among the Greeks. Ekklesia is a compound word meaning "ek, out of, and klesis, a calling" (W.E. Vine, vol. 1 pg. 83). The word is used in its basic, secular sense in Acts 19: 32, 39 - an assembly and, then, a lawful assembly.

(from Greek ekklesia, "summoned group"; compare "ecclesiastical") The designation traditionally used for a specifically Christian assembly or body of people, and thus also the building or location in which the assembled people meet, and by extension also the specific organized sub-group within Christianity (e.g. Catholic, Protestant, Methodist, etc.); similar to synagogue and kahal in Judaism.

A church is an association of people who share a particular belief system. The term church originally referred to a group sharing a faith based on Christianity (see: Christian Church).

a gathering of people, but the Kingdom Hall is the place where they meet

a good place to meet nice guys, or girls

a holy and consecrated place

a material embodiment of a prayer that goes straight from the heart and reaches heaven

a meeting place for God's people

an appropriate place to come together and celebrate a victory for the values of the people of Texas

an awkward place to start showing inappropriate emotions

an excellent place to go for faithlifts

a place for you to post your information to share with others

a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about

a place of a certain ideology, and if you don't agree, you're not welcome

a place to gather strength and muster courage to go out and face the challenges of the world

a place to learn, to grow, and to serve

a place where gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there

a place where one can come with the whole of one's life - to celebrate one's joys and deal with one's sorrows, to come and meet with God

a place where people and communities gather to express and celebrate their feelings towards the world, both positively and negatively

a place where we are all a flock of geese, working together toward our mutual goal

a place where we can forgive each other our chickeness

a place where we can hunt for spiritual understanding and the strength to kick the complacency out of the turkey

a place where we can share our concerns about being an ostrich in a world full of zebras, lions, and elephants

a place where we know the goals and aspirations of our fellow geese so that we can encourage and uplift them in times of need

a place you call home and every member is your family member

a quasi-public place

a recognition, in stone and wood and brick, of spiritual awakenings

a wonderful multi-sensory environment, with echos, music and smells of incense

a wonderful place to begin reaching out to interested individuals

The Church of England was reformed under Henry VIII in the sixteenth century. It forms part of the one Catholic Church but is no longer in communion with the Bishop of Rome or the Pope. Today the Church of England is the Established Church and the monarch is regarded as its ‘Supreme Governor'. The parish system covers the country so that everyone has access to his or her own parish church. The Church of England is regarded as ‘comprehensive' in that it encompasses a variety of liturgical practices. The doctrine of the Church is said to be contained in the Book of Common Prayer.

a comminty that relies upon the contributions of its members, makeing the actions and attitudes of its people very important

a container for the people of God," he says

a gathering of people, first and foremost

a group of people doing together what God asks of each one of us

a hospital for broken and sinful people

a house of God, a symbol of the Universe

an assembly of people called out from other people for any reason

an organization constituted by God

a social organization like any other, a few nice people and a lot of assholes

a spiritual home for people who share a common need for God and each other

a success when it expresses the love of God for all human life in the realities and the difficulties and the ambiguities of life as we find it

a group or assembly of people. Israel is once referred to as "the church in the wilderness" (Acts 7:38 KJV).

a living community, building on the legacy of generations past

a registered charity under the Income Tax Act

a very central part of community life

A church which shall include chapels, temples, and synagogues, is a building used as a place for the public exercise of religion, including facilities for associated social or charitable functions, such as day care centers or nursery schools.

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