Local church may refer to: *

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 congregation meeting in a particular location * Local churches (affiliation), a Christian group founded by Watchman Nee *

Parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

, a local church united with other parishes under a bishop or presbyter *

Congregationalist polity Congregational polity, or congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church (congregation) is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or " autonomous". Its first articula ...

, a form of church organization by which each local church that governs itself independently *

Particular church In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with ''universals''. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed ...

, Roman Catholic ecclesial community * "Local church" is the expression used to designate an autocephalous church in Eastern Orthodoxy

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