Local church (disambiguation)

A local church is a Christian congregation of members and clergy.

Local church may also refer to:

• The Local Churches, a Christian group affiliated with Watchman Nee, Witness Lee, and Living Stream Ministry publishing house.
• Parish church, a local church united with other parishes under a bishop or presbytery
• Congregationalist polity, a form of church organization by which each local church that governs itself independently
• Particular church, an ecclesial community
• Christian church, both a Christian association of people and a place of worship

See also

• Ecclesiastical polity, church government and structure