Church may refer to:

Religion

Church (building) A church, church building, church house, or chapel is a building used for Christian worship church service, services and Christian religion, Christian activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 A ...

, a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination *

Church service A church service (or a worship service) is a formalized period of Christian communal Christian worship, worship, often held in a Church (building), church building. Most Christian denominations hold church services on the Lord's Day (offering Su ...

, a formalized period of Christian communal worship *

Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct Religion, religious body within Christianity that comprises all Church (congregation), church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadersh ...

, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice *

Christian Church In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus Christ. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a syn ...

, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity

Places

United Kingdom

* Church, a former electoral ward of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council that existed from 1964 to 2002 * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England

United States

* Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota * Church, Michigan, ghost town

Arts, entertainment, and media

* '' Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center

Fictional entities

* 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

* ''The Church'' (1989 film), an Italian horror film directed by Michele Soavi * ''The Church'' (2018 film), an American horror film directed by Dom Franklin

Music

Groups

Chvrches Chvrches (stylised CHVRCHΞS and pronounced "Churches") are a Scottish synth-pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriv ...

, an electropop trio from Glasgow, Scotland * The Church (band), an Australian psychedelic rock band formed in Sydney in 1980

Albums

* ''Church'' (album), a 2020 album by Swedish electronic dance music duo Galantis * ''The Church'' (Mr. Oizo album), a 2014 album by French electronic musician Mr. Oizo * ''The Church'' (The Church album), originally released in 1981 as ''Of Skins and Heart'' * ''Churches'' (album), a 2021 album by American singer-songwriter LP

Songs

* "Church" (Alison Wonderland song) * "Church" (T-Pain song) * "Church", a song from ''Everyday Life'' (Coldplay album) * "Church", a song by Aly & AJ from '' Sanctuary'' * "Church", a song by Galactic from ''

Coolin' Off ''Coolin' Off'' is the first studio album by the jazz funk band Galactic. It was released in 1996 on Fog City Records. Track listing All tracks by Galactic #"Go Go" – 3:02 #"Welcome to New Orleans" – 0:14 #"Something's Wrong With This ...

'' * "Church", a song by Fall Out Boy from ''

Mania Mania, also known as manic syndrome, is a Psychiatry, psychiatric Abnormality (behavior), behavioral syndrome defined as a state of Abnormality (behavior), abnormally elevated arousal, affect (psychology), affect, and energy level. During a mani ...

'' * "Church", a song by Jelly Roll from '' Whitsitt Chapel'' * "Church", a song by OutKast from '' Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' * "Church", a 2021 song from Tina Arena * "The Church", a song by Hawkwind from '' Church of Hawkwind''

Other uses

* Church (programming language), a LISP-like probabilistic programming language * Church (surname), including a list of people * Church Line, San Francisco, California * The Church Studios, a recording studio in Crouch End, North London, England * The Church Studio, a recording studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US