Definitions
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- noun informal A large, well-equipped modern
church , often formed by the union of several smaller churches.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In both song and sermon, they portrayed a fierce God—one of redemption, but also of vengeance—not the simplistic elbow-patched grandpa or open-armed hippie Jesus of the modern superchurch soundtrack.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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We are examining the religious views promoted at Palin's churches because the Third Wave/New Apostolic Reformation movement rejects pluralism and its followers believe they have been anointed by God to lead a unified superchurch into the final age - both of which have public policy implications.
Bruce Wilson: YouTube Censors Documentary on Palin's Churches 2008
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I am getting ready to go to a Catholic church and blow out votive candles, then I am going to a public school to tell children not to recite the pledge of allegiance, then off to show Amish children the wonders of electricity, then to the Supreme Court with a chisle to take off the religious friezes from the walls, then to the local superchurch to give out copies of Brokeback Mountain on DVD.
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I am a life long Republican and for several years I was a member of an Evangelical “superchurch” and yet, I am a faithful reader and occasional poster here at FDL.
Firedoglake » A Priest, a Progressive, and and A TheoCon Walk into a Bar… 2006
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Proposals for the reunion of the churches often arouse the fear that our respective denominations, to which we are devoted, will be replaced by what some conceive of as a "superchurch."
Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. Reuel L. Howe 1945
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