Church (disambiguation)

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Contents

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

A church is a building used for religious services, usually referring specifically to those for Christian worship.

Church may also refer to:

Religion

Church, another name for the Body of Christ, all Christians living and dead. See Ecclesia (Church), Catholic Church, Church militant and church triumphant.
Church, a religious organization or denomination within Christianity
To church, a verb meaning to perform a religious service. See the Churching of women.

Places

Church, Lancashire, England

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
Charlotte Church (born 1986), a British soprano singer
Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), an American writer (famous for the editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus)
Doug Church , a video-game designer
Forrester Church (born 1948), an American minister, son of Senator Frank Church
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
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
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., a member of the North Carolina General Assembly

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