unchurched

English

Alternative forms

• unchurcht (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

un- +‎ churched

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭn-chûrcht′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃt

Adjective

unchurched (comparative more unchurched, superlative most unchurched)

1. Who does not generally attend church.
   • 2004 April 11, Rob Walker, quoting Rick Warren, “Godly Synergy”, in The New York Times Magazine, page 24:

     […] create a composite profile of the typical unchurched person your church wants to reach.

   • 2016 March 22, Emma Green, “Where Is the Church in the Black Lives Matter Movement?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Fewer young people may be interested in the Church, but the Church is definitely still interested in them. That’s how young, unchurched activists may inadvertently end up leading not only political change, but also change within the Church itself.

2. Who has never attended church; who has not been exposed to the experience, culture, etc., of church.

Further reading

• unchurched on Wikipedia.Wikipedia