A redundant church is a church building that is no longer required for regular public worship. The phrase is particularly used to refer to former Anglican buildings in the United Kingdom, but may refer to any disused church building around the world. Reasons for redundancy include population movements, changing social patterns, merging of parishes, decline in church attendance (especially Christian decline in the Global North) or other factors. Although once simply demolished or left to ruin, today many redundant churches find new uses as community centres, museums, or homes.