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union church

noun

  1. a congregation or denomination formed by the combination of two or more churches.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of union church1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences

The Service Center leaders successfully marshaled community forces against the city’s plan to demolish an aging apartment building, then convinced the city to let them purchase and convert the old Union Church next door into an arts complex, which opened in 1998.

Since 2014, the congregation that would become Portsmouth Union Church has opened its doors as a warming shelter on cold nights in North Portland, providing refuge for people experiencing homelessness and others.

At Union Church Los Angeles, co-pastor Julie Baez is concerned about what she calls “aftercare,” or the ongoing services community members will need once national attention shifts to other crises.

"You just never expect it to happen to people that you know," Chris Javier, a deacon at Chinese Christian Union Church, told CBS 2.

He currently serves at the Union Church in Berea.

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