''In brief'': A {{quote | text=The church building is not a building used in Christian worship. Nor is it an organisation or human institution. The term church also refers to is simply the combined Christian community of believers or ''body of people whose sins have been forgiven through their faith Jesus Christ''... (An extract from the book [[Once a Catholic]] by [[Tony Coffey]])}}
{{summary | text=A [[church building]] is a building used in [[Christian]] [[worship]]. The church is the Christian community of believers.}}
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{{topics}}* [[Image:Church_sm.gif|rightChurch building]]* [[Church history]]* [[Denominations]]
'''Overviews'''* [[What does the word Church mean?]]* [[Bible Dictionary: Church]] '''Articles / {{opinions'''}}* [[What is the churchChurch? (By G.G.)]]* [[Some thoughts on what Church means]]
* [[The Church (justforcatholics.org)]]
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