storefront church
nounDefinition of storefront church
: a city church that utilizes storefront quarters as a meeting place
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The conference took place in Jimenez’s storefront church six miles from the state Capitol. — Los Angeles Times, "Radical Baptist church preaches LGBTQ hate just miles from California’s Capitol," 2 Aug. 2019 The storefront church in a Mount Healthy strip mall is awash in waves of organ swells. — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, "4 addresses in 4 months: This is what poverty looks like for this Cincinnati family," 10 July 2019 But the Faithists, who meet in a humble storefront church on the ground floor of a squat brick building, stand apart with an unusual history. — Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, "A Forgotten Religion Gets a Second Chance in Brooklyn," 7 June 2018 Green is a secular Jew, confounded by what that even means, while Marlon sings in the choir in a storefront church near the Roxbury border. — Jonathan Miles, New York Times, "Bridging the Racial Divide in a Middle School Friendship," 15 Jan. 2018 Garfield Park is a neighborhood filled with elevated train tracks, ornate residential facades, vacant lots, broken windows, and storefront churches, all of which sit adjacent to 170 acres of parkland. — Anjulie Rao, Chicago Reader, "‘Between States’ is for the community but forgets the community," 18 Oct. 2017 September 28, 2017 Milwaukee—On a gray, drizzly Wednesday morning, a line forms early at the back of Greater Praise Church of God in Christ, a windowless storefront church on Milwaukee’s northwest side. — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, "In Milwaukee, an effort to link inner-city workers with jobs outside the city," 28 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'storefront church.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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