base community
noun
(Also more fully base ecclesial community) (especially in Latin America) a small neighbourhood Christian group, predominantly of laypeople and usually in a poor or rural area, which emphasizes the practical application of religious belief to addressing social and economic problems and inequalities.
- Often associated with liberation theology..
Origin
1970s.
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