| PRESBYTER | An elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church |
| LEANDER | An elder of mythology |
| OFOLD | Ordinary congregation in the past (2,3) |
| ORATORY | The Fathers of the -------, established by St Philip Neri, one of the congregations in the Roman Catholic Church (7) |
| AGAPE | A communal meal in the early Christian Church taken in commemoration of the Last Supper (5) |
| ASCETICISM | The principles of severe self-discipline, especially in the early Christian Church |
| AMBO | An oblong pulpit with steps at each end in the early Christian church (4) |
| PASTOR | Meaning "shepherd" and "to feed", a herder in charge of a flock; or, by extension, a minister with the care of a congregation (6) |
| PEWS | Long benches for members of a congregation or choir in a church; or, an informal word for seats (4) |
| LECTERN | Stand in front of a congregation? (7) |
| ANGLICAN | Member of a congregation can lag in reforming (8) |
| NARTHEX | Entrance hall at the west end of an early Christian church or basilica, railed off from the nave (7) |
| EGRET | One of a congregation, stand or wedge of yellow-footed little white herons whose plumes or aigrettes ornamented Victorian millinery (5) |
| CLINCH | Secure report of a congregation that's little more than gross? (6) |
| ELDER | Member of a congregation that's respected two foreign articles (5) |
| PEW | Bench for members of a congregation |
| BRETHREN | Fellow members of a congregation |
| PRECENTOR | Person who leads a congregation or choir in the sung parts of a Christian church service (9) |
| BASILICA | An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica. |
| SUSAN | Elder of the sisters who visited Narnia in "The Chronicles of Narnia" |
