free church
noun
a church free from state control.
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free church
American
[free church]
/ ˈfri ˈtʃɜrtʃ /
noun
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(sometimes initial capital letters) a church free from state control.
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(sometimes initial capital letters) a dissenting or nonconforming church.
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(initial capital letters) Also Free Kirk (in Scotland) the church established by those who left the Church of Scotland in 1843.
Free Church
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of free church
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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We stand for a free pulpit and a free church.
From Time Magazine Archive
A 1967 graduate of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, York has been backed by a number of local churches in operating a "free church" that ministers to Berke ley hippies.
From Time Magazine Archive
This answer was considered by the free church evasive; and its more ardent supporters on the spot pronounced the course of the local presbytery jesuitical and dishonest.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West
It is in recognition of this that we have a free church and free parish house.
From Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati by Warren Crocker Herrick
Here we have "a free church in a free country."
From 'America for Americans!' The Typical American, Thanksgiving Sermon by John Philip Newman
In a December 2024 letter to Bass, the Rev. Mark Hopper of the Evangelical Free Church expressed similar concerns and asked the mayor to stop the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Free Church pastor Reverend Gordon Matheson knew MacDonald and said the time taken for an armed response "is too long".
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
There is a strong tradition of Christian church-going on Lewis - and neighbouring Harris - with the Church of Scotland and Free Church predominant.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
Many were friends from Siasi Tonga Tau’ataina, the Free Church of Tonga, Tuipulotu’s family being long-time members of the branches in Compton and Inglewood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
One of the most prominent educational institutions at Madras was the Scottish Free Church Mission which had a College for boys and Schools for girls of different castes.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers
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