Church (disambiguation)
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The word church has several meanings, including:
- Church — a building used for religious services, usually referring specifically to those for Christian worship. See also temple for more general information.
- In Christian theology, translating the Koine word ecclesia in the New Testament
- An assembly of Christian believers who worship together.
- The Body of Christ composed of Jesus and all Christians, living and dead, in this sense used in the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds, see Ecclesia (Church), Catholic Church.
- Ecclesiology is the body of Christian theology that deals with the doctrine of the church.
- A religious organization or denomination within Christianity (such as the Catholic Church or Lutheran Church). See: List of religious organizations.
- NB Several religious groups also use the word "Church" in self-reference; for instance, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of Scientology, or the Buddhist Churches of America. The term is, however, not generally used by Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu groups for either the worshipers or the building. See mosque, synagogue, and temple for buildings of worship of these and other faiths.
- A surname. Those with the surname "Church" include:
- The logician Alonzo Church (famous for the Church-Turing thesis)
- The painter Frederic Edwin Church
- The writer Francis Pharcellus Church (famous for the editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus")
- Video game designer Doug Church
- George W. Church, Sr., founder of Church's Chicken, a chain of franchised fried chicken restaurants
- Charlotte Church, a British soprano singer
- Sir Richard Church, a British military officer and general in the Greek army
- Richard William Church, an English divine and nephew of the general.
- Richard Thomas Church, an English poet and man of letters
- Judith Church, a politician in the United Kingdom
- Frank Church, a four-term U.S. Senator from Idaho
- Captain Benjamin Church, a colonial officer during King Philip's War
- Benjamin Church, the first Surgeon General of the Continental Army and grandson of Captain Benjamin Church
- Walter Greene Church, Sr. a member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- Thomas Langton Church, a Canadian politician
- Mike Church, a Southern US radio commentator often considered to be a shock jock
- Thomas Dolliver Church, an American landscape architect
- John A. Church, an expert on sea level and its changes
- The Church, a pop band formed in Sydney, Australia in the 1980s.
- Church, a town in Lancashire, England