Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not belonging to or participating in a church.
- noun People who do not belong to or participate in a church considered as a group. Used with the.
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- adjective Who does not generally attend
church .
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Examples
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I don't know what, honestly - I never thought I'd find myself "unchurched" - and comfortable with it.
Tricyles and Broken Nails Happy 2008
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The only difference is the nearly synonymous last word -- Richardson didn't say "unchurched" -- he said "unaffiliated."
Chris Rodda: Petraeus Endorses "Spiritual Handbook," Betrays 21% of Our Troops 2008
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Stetzer said young adults classified as "unchurched" - those who have never been to church or stopped going - hunger for something deeper than upbeat music and a pep talk.
unknown title 2009
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It is no wonder that more and more people in this country identify as "unchurched" in national polls.
Marilyn Sewell: The Church And OccupyWallStreet Marilyn Sewell 2011
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The unchurched are the growth group last I looked.
Philocrites: Response of the Episcopal bishops to primates' demands. 2007
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They may not agree that evangelizing the unchurched is a higher priority than worship and nurture.
Navigating the Winds of Change LYNN ANDERSON 1994
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Meanwhile, negativity ratings were highest among the so-called unchurched - a serious problem for a denomination that places a premium on renewing its membership through proselytization that is, recruiting new members and missionary work.
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"The number of the so-called unchurched has remained steady in the past two decades," he said.
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These youth programs, many funded by Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, are designed to target and evangelize the "unchurched" among our military youth.
Chris Rodda: Military Youth Ministry Stalks Students on Public School Buses for Jesus 2009
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He dons Hawaiian shirts, builds a worship center for the "unchurched" (complete with skate board park!) and looks cool to everyone because he eschews the trappings of traditional religion.
The Extinction of Right Wing Neanderthals; The Rising of Bottom-up Intelligence 2008
lampbane commented on the word unchurched
This was probably not meant to be a tag. It doesn't even work properly when you click on it.
November 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the word unchurched
Oh goodness gracious, somebody needs a tagging tutorial*!
*Link thoughtfully provided so somebody else can write a tutorial on that page. ;-)
November 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word unchurched
Hey, these things happen. You paste something in the tag field that you've been using for other tags, but you forgot that in the meantime you copied something else. I just finished going back to fix a few of mine that said v--just v. ;-)
November 14, 2007