A "church congregation" refers to a group of people who regularly come together to worship and pray in a church. It is the community of believers who attend services and participate in religious activities together. Full definition
Although someone usually gets blamed whenever a marriage fails, suing your local church congregation for your divorce is definitely an unusual circumstance. (divorce.com)
Not because it wouldn't be beneficial to most, but because I don't think most church congregations are at this point. (nakedpastor.com)
If you pointed at individual church congregations, that would be one thing, but to paint, as you do, most of the church that way is dishonest. (nakedpastor.com)