Parishioners Are Reacting To How St James Falls Church Manages Local Outreach
They're "people who go to the same church as I do". If your church has parishes you might refer to them as "fellow parishioners", and there are likely other terms specific to different religions. More likely would be "calling on" visitors/prospective parishioners. Contributing to the demise of this usage — even beyond the telephone — is the expression "pay a call on someone," which subsumes the use of "call on s.o." 1 I would use parish or parishioners. Otherwise, I think that Margana's congregation is another good choice. According to Collins: parish noun 1) a subdivision of a diocese, having its own church and a clergyman related adjective parochial 2) the churchgoers of such a subdivision Anyone whose employment, recreation, or other purpose required extensive walking could also pound the pavement — “sandwich men” (sandwich board advertising), newsboys, letter carriers, salespeople, union organizers, people canvassing for an election, clergy calling on parishioners, and —the most frequent usage today — people walking ... To clarify the answer: A Minster is a Church that has priest (s) that administer to and visit the parishioners. It is open to the public for worship. A Cathedral is a Church in which the throne of an Archbishop is located. An Abbey was originally a Church that was used exclusively by monks. It was not open to the public for worship.
