"fringe church" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "fringe + church; 1940s",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fringe churches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "fringe church (plural fringe churches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Millions of people attend fringe church affiliated worship services each day."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, J. Michael Feazell, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, page 2",
          "text": "Never before in the history of Christianity has there been such a complete move to orthodox Christianity by an unorthodox fringe church.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, VICE Asia, Why It's So Hard to Leave a South Korean Fringe Church",
          "text": "Experts estimate there are 2 million South Koreans who are followers of fringe churches, but the exact figures are unknown. Shincheonji has allegedly become one of the most dominant fringe christian groups in recent years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Christian denomination practicing doctrines or worship customs rejected by the majority of Christians"
      ],
      "id": "en-fringe_church-en-noun-XMDc2tv~",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ],
        [
          "denomination",
          "denomination"
        ],
        [
          "doctrines",
          "doctrines"
        ],
        [
          "Christians",
          "Christians"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Congregants drove to attend services at a fringe church on Sunday morning."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, John Tucker, Text Messages: Preaching God's Word in a Smartphone World, Wipf & Stock Publishers, page 149",
          "text": "Ponsonby Baptist is a small-city fringe church, with sixty to seventy people in attendance each Sunday.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a place of worship affiliated with this type of religious denomination"
      ],
      "id": "en-fringe_church-en-noun-WGbYmIDE",
      "links": [
        [
          "place of worship",
          "place of worship"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "denomination",
          "denomination"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fringe church"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "fringe + church; 1940s",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fringe churches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "fringe church (plural fringe churches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Millions of people attend fringe church affiliated worship services each day."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, J. Michael Feazell, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, page 2",
          "text": "Never before in the history of Christianity has there been such a complete move to orthodox Christianity by an unorthodox fringe church.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, VICE Asia, Why It's So Hard to Leave a South Korean Fringe Church",
          "text": "Experts estimate there are 2 million South Koreans who are followers of fringe churches, but the exact figures are unknown. Shincheonji has allegedly become one of the most dominant fringe christian groups in recent years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Christian denomination practicing doctrines or worship customs rejected by the majority of Christians"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ],
        [
          "denomination",
          "denomination"
        ],
        [
          "doctrines",
          "doctrines"
        ],
        [
          "Christians",
          "Christians"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Congregants drove to attend services at a fringe church on Sunday morning."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, John Tucker, Text Messages: Preaching God's Word in a Smartphone World, Wipf & Stock Publishers, page 149",
          "text": "Ponsonby Baptist is a small-city fringe church, with sixty to seventy people in attendance each Sunday.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a place of worship affiliated with this type of religious denomination"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "place of worship",
          "place of worship"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "denomination",
          "denomination"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fringe church"
}