Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not belonging to or participating in a church.
- n. People who do not belong to or participate in a church considered as a group. Used with the.
Wiktionary
- adj. Who does not generally attend church.
Examples
“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
“I don't know what, honestly - I never thought I'd find myself "unchurched" - and comfortable with it.”
“It is no wonder that more and more people in this country identify as "unchurched" in national polls.”
The Huffington Post: Marilyn Sewell: The Church And OccupyWallStreet
“The unchurched are the growth group last I looked.”
Philocrites: Response of the Episcopal bishops to primates' demands.
“They may not agree that evangelizing the unchurched is a higher priority than worship and nurture.”
“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.”
“The number of the so-called unchurched has remained steady in the past two decades," he said.”
“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
“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
Tweets
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reesetee 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. ;-) Nov 14, 2007
uselessness Oh goodness gracious, somebody needs a tagging tutorial*!
*Link thoughtfully provided so somebody else can write a tutorial on that page. ;-) Nov 14, 2007
lampbane This was probably not meant to be a tag. It doesn't even work properly when you click on it. Nov 13, 2007