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 church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location, often for Christian worship, worship. Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by-laws, maintain offices, are served by cler ...

, 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 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council, also known as Kensington and Chelsea Council, is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. ...

that existed from 1964 to 2002 *

Church (Liverpool ward) Church ward is an electoral district of Liverpool City Council. The ward is within the Liverpool Garston Parliamentary constituency. Background The ward was created in 1953 and elected three councillors. The boundaries of the ward were change ...

, a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward *

Church, Lancashire Church is a large village in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, situated west of Accrington. The village had a population of 5,186 at the 2011 census, an increase from 3,990 according to the 2001 census. History and geography Church was once a ...

, England

United States

Church, Iowa Church (also Church Village, Churchtown) is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. History Church was incorporated in 1896. It had a post office and telephone office for ...

, 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 ''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. Background In 1979, King was wr ...

'' * Church, a meeting of SOA members in the FX television series ''

Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American Action film, action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX (TV channel), FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-k ...

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) 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 alternative rock, dre ...

, 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 A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred space, sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This seconda ...

'' * "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 ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' is the fifth studio album by the 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 records by Big ...

'' * "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''

Other uses

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 model In statistical ...

, 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 The Church Studio is a recording studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma established in 1972 by musician, songwriter, and producer Leon Russell. Located in a converted church building, the studio has since been cited as being the heart of the Tulsa Sound. H ...

, a recording studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US