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New Church

British  

noun

  1. another name for the New Jerusalem Church

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He went on to tour as a member of Iggy Pop’s live band, recorded solo material with the Police’s Stewart Copeland on drums, and co-founded the band Lords of the New Church with Stiv Bators.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

The General Church of the New Jerusalem, a denomination of Swedenborgianism, often referred to as the New Church, runs an elementary school, high school, and college.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

He perches on a stool for Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy, then vigorously owns the pomp of Open Your Eyes by gothic rockers Lords of the New Church.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2019

With a town square that looked like a western movie set, and more than 40 churches from First Baptist to Brand New Church, Harrison had tried to move beyond an unsettling distinction.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016

Robert Hindmarsh, a printer, in Clerkenwell Close, the founder of the sect of “the New Church signified by New Jerusalem in the Revelation,” was not of the same way of thinking as Clowes or Fletcher. 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)