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Religion

* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities *
Church (congregation) A church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location. Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by-laws, maintain offices, are served by clergy or lay leaders, and, in nations w ...
, a local congregation of a Christian denomination *
Church service A church service (or a service of worship) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building. It often but not exclusively occurs on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing seventh-day Sa ...
, a formalized period of Christian communal worship *
Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, wors ...
, 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. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a synonym for ...
, 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 an ...
, a Liverpool City Council ward *
Church (Reading ward) Church is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is covers an area south and south-east of the town centre, and is bordered by Katesgrove, Park, Redlands and Whitley wards. As with all wards, apart f ...
, a Reading Borough Council ward *
Church (Sefton ward) Church is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison wa ...
, a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward *
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 o ...
, England


United States

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Church, Iowa Church (also Church Village, Churchtown) is an unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and B ...
, an unincorporated community *
Church Lake Church Lake is a lake in Grant County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 mi ...
, a lake in Minnesota


Arts, entertainment, and media

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Church magazine ''Church magazine'' was a professional quarterly of pastoral theology and ministry published by the National Pastoral Life Center. It was written especially for pastors, parish leaders, and members of diocesan offices. Its founding editor was ...
'', 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 ''Pet Sematary'' is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019. In November 2013, PS Publishing r ...
'' * 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

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Chvrches Chvrches (stylised CHVRCHΞS and pronounced "Churches") are a Scottish 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 deriving f ...
, an electropop trio from Glasgow, Scotland *
The Church (band) The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave, neo-psychedelia, and indie rock, their music later came to feature slower tempos and surreal soundscapes reminiscent of dream pop and post-ro ...
, 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" (Coldplay song) * "Church" (T-Pain song) * "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 Pictu ...
'' * "Church", a song by Fall Out Boy from '' Mania'' * "Church", a song by OutKast from '' Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' * "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) Church refers to both a family of LISP-like ''probabilistic programming languages'' for specifying arbitrary probabilistic programs, as well as a set of algorithms for performing probabilistic inference in the generative models those programs def ...
, a LISP-like probabilistic programming language *
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, f ...
, including a list of people *
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, Unite ...
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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, includin ...
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