congregations

Scope Note

Groups organized for common worship (e.g., kin and local groups, special cult groups, church congregations, parishes); lay organization (e.g., elders, deacons, committees); qualification for membership; admission and disciplining of members; fund raising; maintenance of place of worship; religious activities (e.g., Sunday school); secular church activities (e.g., education, welfare work, church gambling, temple money lending); recreational facilities (e.g., parish houses); etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 790 ecclesiastical organization

Related Terms

• 346 religious and educational structures
• 453 banking
• 520 recreation
• 525 gambling
• 610 kin groups
• 620 community
• 730 social problems
• 740 health and welfare
• 786 ecstatic religious practices
• 870 education