David: most Churches I know of refer to a "faith" community, or ironically
refer to themselves as churches to satarize the concept of a church. There
are connotations of worship in any organization that calls itself a church,
reguardless of whether or not it is actually a "real" church: ie, the
"Church of Gillian Anderson," being a group that worships Gillian Anderson.
It's toungue in cheek, but the implications *are* intended.
Perhaps you know of several counterexamples.
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