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) 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 Whitley, Katesgrove and Redlands wards of Reading Borough Council, and b ...

, 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 war ...

, 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

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Church magazine The Catholic Common Ground Initiative is an intra-ecclesial relations effort launched in 1996 by the National Pastoral Life Center. Its original goal was to dialogue with dissenting Catholics on a variety of unresolved issues that came about in th ...

'', 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''

Films

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

Music

Groups

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

Albums

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

Songs

* Church (Alison Wonderland song), "Church" (Alison Wonderland song) * Church (T-Pain song), "Church" (T-Pain song) * "Church", a song from Everyday Life (Coldplay album), ''Everyday Life'' (Coldplay album) * "Church", a song by Aly & AJ from ''Sanctuary (Aly & AJ EP), Sanctuary'' * "Church", a song by Galactic from ''Coolin' Off'' * "Church", a song by Fall Out Boy from ''Mania (Fall Out Boy album), Mania'' * "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