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Recent Examples of unchurched
Diana’s husband, James, is an unchurched priest who preaches love and practices intolerance.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Churches provided a place and a space for grieving, contemplation and reflection on the part of the great unchurched majority of the nation and for adherents of minority faiths.
—Town & Country, 5 May 2023
But American and European societies are now highly plural and increasingly unchurched.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
Through stories and conversations, ‘Sanctified’ is a pathway to communal reflection and healing for women who are churched, unchurched or find themselves somewhere in-between.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
Catholicism has lost many adherents to other faiths, and more recently to the ranks of the unchurched.
—WSJ, 30 Jan. 2022
Today, Catholicism has lost adherents to other faiths in the region, especially Pentecostalism, and more recently to the ranks of the unchurched.
—Samantha Pearson, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
This winning style -- and his inclusive view of Christianity -- helped make Palau a popular figure in his adopted home of Portland, a city known for being one of the most unchurched in the country.
—oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2021
In carrying out this effort, these ministers pitted churched colonists against unchurched colonists, resulting in the wrongful convictions of 20 American colonials.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020
Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Churches provided a place and a space for grieving, contemplation and reflection on the part of the great unchurched majority of the nation and for adherents of minority faiths.
—Town & Country, 5 May 2023
But American and European societies are now highly plural and increasingly unchurched.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
Through stories and conversations, ‘Sanctified’ is a pathway to communal reflection and healing for women who are churched, unchurched or find themselves somewhere in-between.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
Catholicism has lost many adherents to other faiths, and more recently to the ranks of the unchurched.
—WSJ, 30 Jan. 2022
Today, Catholicism has lost adherents to other faiths in the region, especially Pentecostalism, and more recently to the ranks of the unchurched.
—Samantha Pearson, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
This winning style -- and his inclusive view of Christianity -- helped make Palau a popular figure in his adopted home of Portland, a city known for being one of the most unchurched in the country.
—oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2021
In carrying out this effort, these ministers pitted churched colonists against unchurched colonists, resulting in the wrongful convictions of 20 American colonials.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchurched
Adjective
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Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The ranks of the godless have stopped growing for now.—
Lauren Jackson,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Our respondents included Christian, Jewish, Muslim and nonreligious individuals.—
Denise Daniels,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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Others are young professionals, retired teachers, Republicans and Democrats, and religious and nonreligious people who are experienced in cross-cultural communication and jumping in for the first time.—
Carissa Zaffiro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Cincinnati Bengals welcome the media heathen universe for a gab session/sitdown, linen-tablecloth lunch known in This Space as The Mock Turtle Soupfest and Weenie Roast.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
28 May 2019
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Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
30 May 2019
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“Unchurched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchurched. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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