Church (disambiguation)
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Church may refer to:
[edit] Religion
- Church, a body of people who share a faith.
- Church (building), a building used for religious services, usually referring specifically to those for Christian worship.
- Church, a religious organization, usually within Christianity, or the worldwide body of Christians. See Ecclesia (Church).
- "the Church", a generic term for the leaders of organized religion in a state, regardless of theology. In this generic sense, "the Church" is a sociological facet of a state's ruling class, comparable to "the Academy" or "the Executive".
- To church, a verb meaning to perform a religious service. See the 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
- 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
[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
da:Kirke de:Kirche et:Kirik fr:Église ja:チャーチ li:Kèrk lt:Bažnyčia nl:Kerk pl:Kościół ro:Biserică (dezambiguizare) ru:Церковь (значения) simple:Church sl:Cerkev sv:Kyrka (olika betydelser)
