Christian church

This page is about the local church group. For the building, see Church. For the worldwide body of Christians, see Christian Church. For other uses of the word "church", see Church (disambiguation).

A Christian church (or local church) is a group of people who share a faith or belief within a community. They usually meet in one particular location called a cathedral, temple, tabernacle, or simply a church building. A church group represents a certain doctrine and traditions. Many Christian churches that use the same name and share the same beliefs are a part of a denomination. A church that is not part of a larger group is usually called nondenominational. There are estimated to be over 41,000 denominations worldwide. They may fall within three general groups: Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Churches.

Christian Church Media

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  Medieval illustration of the ecclesia from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century)

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       Predominantly Christian region by AD 325      Predominantly Christian region by AD 600

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  An icon depicting Constantine I, accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325), holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381.

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  Founded in AD 363, Mar Mattai Monastery, a Nestorian Church, is recognized as one of the oldest Christian monasteries in existence.

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  The Church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered. –Augsburg Confession

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  Methodist preachers are known for promulgating the doctrines of the new birth and entire sanctification to the public at events such as tent revivals, brush arbor revivals, and camp meetings, which they believe is the reason that God raised them up into existence.

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  The nave of St. Peter's Church Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland

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  St. Andrew's Church, Darjeeling, India. Built- 1843, Rebuilt- 1873