Collocations for church - noun

local, parish, village (esp. BrE)

build
consecrate, found
The church was consecrated in 1250.

dedicate
The church is dedicated to St Paul.

building
bells, clock, steeple, tower
pew
hall
fête (BrE), wedding

at a/the church
a chamber concert at our local church

in a/the church
There's an interesting organ in the church.

attend, go to
Do you go to church?

attendance
service
music
choir, congregation, organist
group, school
a church youth group

after church, before church
Come to our place for lunch after church.

at church
They're at church. (BrE)

in church
We decided not to get married in church.
They're in church. (AmE)

high, low
He loves all the high church traditions—incense and processions and vestments.

evangelical, fundamentalist
established (= official), mainline (= official)
Christian, etc.
Catholic, Methodist, Protestant, etc.
early
The early Church believed miracles were proof of who Jesus was.

establish, found
lead
enter, go into
He went into the Church (= became a priest) when he was 23.

join
Linda joined the local Methodist church.

leave
He left the Church after a loss of faith.

serve
He served the church for over sixty years.

teach
The Catholic church teaches that life begins at conception.

authorities, elder
leader, member
leadership, membership
community, group
She was actively involved in church groups.

hierarchy
council
doctrine
historian
fathers

a member of a church