Church (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Religion 2 Places 3 People 4 Other uses 5 See also

Church may refer to:

[edit] Religion

• Church (building), a building used for religious services, usually referring specifically to those for Christian worship.
• The Christian Church, the worldwide body of Christians.
• The Catholic Church or Roman Catholic Church
• The Church, the body of people who share a faith or a religious organization, usually within Christianity. See also Ecclesia (Church) and Religious denomination.
• One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church
• Church militant and church triumphant
• "The Church", a generic term for the leaders of organized religion, regardless their religion or theology.
• To church, a verb meaning to perform a religious service. See: Churching of women.

[edit] Places

• Church, Lancashire, England

[edit] People

• Albert T. Church (born 1947), a Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy
• Alonzo Church (1905–1995), a logician, (famous for the Church-Turing thesis and lambda calculus)
• Benjamin Church (1734–1776), the first Surgeon General of the Continental Army and grandson of Captain Benjamin Church
• Captain Benjamin Church (1639–1718), a colonial officer during King Philip's War
• Bill Church, an American musician
• Brad Church
• Charlotte Church (born 1986), British soprano singer and talk show host
• Doug Church, a video-game designer
• Ellen Church
• Forrester Church (born 1948), an American minister, son of Senator Frank Church
• Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), an American writer (famous for the editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus)
• Frank Church (1924–1984), a four-term U.S. Senator from Idaho
• Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)), a landscape painter
• George W. Church, Sr., founder of Church's Chicken, a chain of franchised fried chicken restaurants
• John A. Church, an expert on sea-level and its changes
• Judith Church (born 1953), a politician in the United Kingdom
• Louis K. Church
• Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954), an American writer and civil-rights activist
• Mike Church (born 1962) , a Southern US radio commentator often considered a shock jock
• Richard Church (general) (1784–1873), a British military officer and general in the Greek army
• Richard William Church (1825–1890), an English divine, nephew of the general
• Richard Church (poet) (1893–1972), an English poet and man of letters
• Robert Reed Church (1839–1912), the first African-American millionaire
• Ryan Church (born 1978), an American baseball player
• Thomas Dolliver Church (1902–1978), an American landscape architect
• Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), an American actor in television and film
• Thomas Langton Church (1870–1950), a Canadian politician
• Walter G. Church, Sr., member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• William Church (circa 1778 - 1863), American inventor who patented a typesetting machine in 1822

[edit] Other uses

• Church, the family cat in Stephen King's novel Pet Semetary
• Church (Red vs. Blue), a fictional character
• The Church (band), an Australian rock band
• The Church, set up by The Order in Silent Hill
• The outlaw motorcycle club, the Hells Angels refer to their weekly meetings as, "Church"
• "The Church", a song by Hawkwind from their 1982 album Church of Hawkwind
• "Church," a song by Outkast from their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
• "Church," a song by Galactic from their 1998 album Coolin' Off

[edit] See also

• Church and State
• Churchianity