Church may refer to:
Religion
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Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
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Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
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Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
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Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct
doctrine
Doctrine (from la, doctrina, meaning "teaching, instruction") is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief syste ...
and practice
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Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity
Places
United Kingdom
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Church (Liverpool ward)
Church is a Liverpool City Council Ward. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 13,974. It contains part of the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool. It includes the road Penny Lane, famous for the Beatles
The Beatles were ...
, a Liverpool City Council ward
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Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward
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Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward
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Church, Lancashire
Church is a large village in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, situated a mile west of Accrington. The village has a population of 5,186 at the 2011 Census, an increase from 3,990 according to the 2001 census.
History and geography
Church was on ...
, England
United States
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Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community
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Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''
Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center
Fictional entities
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Church (''Red vs. Blue''), a fictional character in the video web series ''Red vs. Blue''
* Church, a cat in Stephen King's novel ''
Pet Sematary''
* Church, a meeting of SOA members in the FX television series ''
Sons of Anarchy''
Films
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''The Church'' (1989 film), an Italian horror film directed by Michele Soavi
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''The Church'' (2018 film), an American horror film directed by Dom Franklin
Music
Groups
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Chvrches, an electropop trio from Glasgow, Scotland
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The Church (band), an Australian psychedelic rock band formed in Sydney in 1980
Albums
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''Church'' (album), a 2020 album by Swedish electronic dance music duo Galantis
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''The Church'' (Mr. Oizo album), a 2014 album by French electronic musician Mr. Oizo
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''The Church'' (The Church album), originally released in 1981 as ''Of Skins and Heart''
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''Churches'' (album), a 2021 album by American singer-songwriter LP
Songs
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"Church" (Alison Wonderland song)
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"Church" (Coldplay song)
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"Church" (T-Pain song)
* "Church", a song by Aly & AJ from ''
Sanctuary
A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...
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* "Church", a song by Galactic from ''
Coolin' Off''
* "Church", a song by Fall Out Boy from ''
Mania''
* "Church", a song by OutKast from ''
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Outkast. It was released on September 23, 2003, by Arista Records. Issued as a double album, its length of over two hours is spread across solo albums from both ...
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* "Church", a 2021 song from
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
* "The Church", a song by Hawkwind from ''
Church of Hawkwind
''Church of Hawkwind'' is the twelfth studio album by Hawkwind, released under the band name Church of Hawkwind in 1982. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offer ...
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Other uses
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Church (programming language), a LISP-like probabilistic programming language
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Church (surname) Church is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert T. Church (born 1947), Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy
* Alfred John Church (1829–1912) an English classical scholar
* Alonzo Church (1903–1995), logician, ...
, including a list of people
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Church Line
The J Church is a hybrid light rail/streetcar line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California. The line runs between Embarcadero station and Balboa Park station through Noe Valley. Opened on August 11, 1917, it is the oldest and h ...
, San Francisco, California
See also
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Church station (disambiguation) Church station may refer to:
* Church station (Buffalo Metro Rail), in Buffalo, New York, United States
*Church station (Muni Metro), in San Francisco, California, United States
* Church station (Philadelphia), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United ...
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Church's (disambiguation) Church's is a high-end English footwear manufacturer.
Church's may also refer to:
* Church's Chicken, a fast food restaurant chain
See also
* Church's theorem, a 1936 solution to the Entscheidungsproblem by Alonso Church
* Church's thesis, a hyp ...
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Churching (disambiguation)
Churching may refer to:
* Churching of women is the ceremony wherein a purification and blessing is given to mothers after recovery from childbirth in both Eastern and Western Christian traditions
* The attendance of any church activity, including ...
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