community church

noun

1. an independent or denominational church in a particular community.

Word History and Origins

Origin of community church¹

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

Some of the asylum seekers attend services at Westhill Community Church, which also provides clothing and advice.

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“The violence that was initiated by the Covington police was a direct reflection of the violence that is being forced upon communities through these continuing immigration raids, and the imam is a public face of it,” argued Rev. Nelson Pierce Jr., senior pastor of Beloved Community Church in Cincinnati, who was there on July 17.

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MacArthur’s death was announced on the website of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley.

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Grace Community Church said in a statement on its website this week that his “ministry was an unwavering commitment to declare God’s truth, and Pastor John preached the Word in season and out of season. Even in recent years, though beset with health challenges, he persisted in teaching, leading, and investing in the ministries the Lord had entrusted to him.”

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When he took the pulpit of Grace Community Church in 1969, Sunday attendance averaged about 700 people in the northern San Fernando Valley neighborhood.

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