Church vs. Ministry — What's the Difference?

A building for public, especially Christian worship.

(in certain countries) a government department headed by a minister

The company of all Christians regarded as a spiritual body.

The work or vocation of a minister of religion

A specified Christian denomination

(in certain countries) a period of government under one prime minister

A congregation.

The action of ministering to someone

Public divine worship in a church; a religious service

The act of serving; ministration.

The clerical profession; clergy.

One that serves as a means; an instrumentality.

Ecclesiastical power as distinguished from the secular

The profession, duties, and services of a minister.

To conduct a church service for, especially to perform a religious service for (a woman after childbirth).

The Christian clergy.

Of or relating to the church; ecclesiastical.

The period of service of a minister.

(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

A governmental department presided over by a minister.

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.

The building in which such a department is housed.

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

The duties, functions, or term of a governmental minister.

(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.

Often Ministry Governmental ministers considered as a group.

Christian worship held at a church; service.

Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity

Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.

The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)

Any religious group.

A ministration

Assembly.

The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.

To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).

(Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.

(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

(Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.

(slang) Expressing strong agreement.

The act of ministering; ministration; service.

A building set apart for Christian worship.

Agency; instrumentality.

A Jewish or heathen temple.

The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.

A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.

The collective body of Christians.

Religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

Building where the business of a government ministry is transacted

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

A government department under the direction of a minister

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

A place for public (especially Christian) worship;

A service conducted in a church;

The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

Perform a special church rite or service for;