Religious people typically belong to religious associations {church}. Churches can be loose groups, have high institutionalization, or have full integration with society {ecclesia, church}.
Protestant Christian churches {denomination}| are separate and depend on family or primary group.
Churches {sect}| can have strict doctrine, high commitment, intolerance of others, and critical view of society. Sects split from another church by schism.
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