# Church hall

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{{Short description|Space in a church building for community use}}
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thumb|Rovira Friendship House in Victoria, Australia is owned by the Catholic Church and used for events.
[[File:Poytyan seurakuntatalo 2008.jpg|thumb|[Pöytyä](/source/P%C3%B6yty%C3%A4) church hall in [Finland](/source/Finland) during a 2008 July day.]]
[[File:Historical dancing baroque at time travellers ball earthly delights dance group.JPG|thumb|The [All Saints Church](/source/All_Saints_Church%2C_Canberra) hall in [Canberra](/source/Canberra), [Australia](/source/Australia) being used for a community dance in November 2015.]]
A '''church hall''' or '''parish hall''' is a room or building associated with a [church](/source/church_architecture), generally for [community](/source/community) and [charitable](/source/Charitable_organization) use.<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Library/guidance/cc18text.pdf Use of Church Halls for Village Hall and Other Charitable Purposes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003071337/http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Library/guidance/cc18text.pdf |date=2012-10-03 }}, ''[Charity Commission](/source/Charity_Commission)'', [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), July 2001.</ref> In smaller and village communities, it is often a separate building near the church, while on more restricted urban sites it may be in the basement or a wing of the main church building. Activities in the hall are not necessarily religious, but parts of [local community](/source/local_community) life, similar to an [assembly hall](/source/assembly_hall).

== See also ==
{{Commons category|Church halls}}
* [Chapter house](/source/Chapter_house)
* [Community centre](/source/Community_centre)
* [Fellowship hall](/source/Fellowship_hall)
* [Hall church](/source/Hall_church)
* [Rectory](/source/Rectory)
* [Refectory](/source/Refectory)
* [Village hall](/source/Village_hall)

== References ==
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Category:Building types
Category:Church architecture
Category:Communities

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