Church
Church was the term for a building that was used for worship, often in relation to religion. The term 'church' could also be used in relation to a specific religion.
Beneath St. Jude's Church in 9th century a flask containing Fenric was buried, it would later be uncovered in the 1943. (DW: The Curse of Fenric) In the 1970s the Azal located himself within a church in Devil's End, following a confrontation between the Third Doctor, the Master and his ultimate defeat by Jo Grant lead to the church's destruction. (DW: The Dæmons) The Master later hid his TARDIS in the remains of the church. (EDA: The Eight Doctors) The St Mary-in-the-Dust church was demolished in 1840 periodically reappeared on its original site. (TWN: Border Princes)
In one instance on Earth a sentience inhabited a church in the town of Cheldon Bonniface. Known as Saul, he inhabited the church and was able to exert an amount of influence on the church's congregation. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation) Several churches were places of significance on Earth, not just as meaningful locations of worship, but in other guises. St. Mary's Church in Cardiff was used as a location to hide a resurrection gauntlet. (TW: Dead Man Walking)
Donna Noble was to be married in St. Mary's Church in Chiswick. (DW: The Runaway Bride) Wilf later visited a Church and was spoken to by a woman. The woman told him that the Church had been a convent which a man in a blue box had saved from a demon which had fallen from the sky. The man was named "the sainted physician" and the blue box was pictured on a stained glass window in the Church. (DW: The End of Time)
St. Justinian in Stockbridge was left ruined by the Millennium Wars. (DWM: The Tides of Time)
By the 51st century, the Church was a faith-based military organisation primarily responsible for interstellar security, protecting human populations, and special covert operations. Regular military ranks were replaced by offices such as Bishop, Cleric and Verger (DW: The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone)
Religions that are referred to as 'Churches'
- The Church of the Sycorax was a group of female Sycorax active in the early-21st century. (DWM: The Widow's Curse)
- The Church of the Foundation was a religion that existed in the Divergent Universe which had Monks as part of its membership. (BFA: Faith Stealer)
- The Church of the Tin Vagabond was a religion that worshipped the Beast. (DW: The Satan Pit)
- The Church of the Way Forward, a religion existing in the 40th century that worshipped a Goddess, disapproved of inter-species marriage. (EDA: Placebo Effect)
- The Church of the Glorious Dead was a religion that, lead by Cardinal Morningstar, waged a holy war across Paradost. (DWM: The Glorious Dead)
- At some point before the 26th century the Church of the Grey was founded. This church went through several reformations during the religions upheavals on the planet Dellah. (BNA: Where Angels Fear)
- The Church of Maa'lon also existed around the 26th century and underwent a significant increase in followers on the planet Dellah, several of its members met a being claiming to be Maa'lon (BNA: Where Angels Fear)
