1. 表示某座具体的“教堂”，是可数名词，且可连用冠词。如：
The school is just past the church. 过了教堂就是学校。
Their wedding was held in a church. 他们的婚礼在一家教堂举行。
2. 表示与教堂有关的活动，即“礼拜”或“礼拜仪式”等，是不可数名词，且不与冠词连用。如：
I saw them at church. 做礼拜时，我看见他们了。
John will fall asleep in church. 约翰做礼拜时老睡觉。
Church is [begins] at nine. 礼拜9点开始。
Many people go to church on Sunday, but others don’t. 星期天，许多人去教堂，但有的人不去。
The couple walked hand in hand into the church at their wedding.
婚礼上，杰伦夫妇手牵手走进了教堂。
例句： These two countries had three religious wars in twenty years .
这两个国家在 20 年里发生过三次宗教上的冲突。
例句： She is very religious and goes to church three times a week .
她非常虔诚，每周去教堂三次。
Others were church attenders who came to Christ after years of biblical instruction .
另有些人是一直去教会，听了多年的圣经教导才信主。
Mary goes to Church every Sunday.
玛丽每星期天都去做礼拜。
※I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. 我准备为我的主而死，在我的血液里流淌着与生俱来的信念，教堂可以获取自由与和平。坎特伯雷大主教 柏克特 T.
