With the later expansion of missionary work, churches were opened in locations throughout the country including Bungo, Hirado, Arima, Nagasaki, Kyoto, Sakai, Azuchi, Osaka and Edo, and these were referred to by the Japanese people of the time as Nanban-ji or Nanban-do (both meaning Foreign Temple), and Daiusu-ji Temple or Daiusu-do Temple (from the word Deus).
その後布教の進展とともに、豊後、平戸、有馬、長崎、京都、堺、安土、大坂、江戸等の各地に教会が建設され、それらは当時の日本人によって「南蛮寺」「南蛮堂」、また（デウスから）「だいうす寺」「だいうす堂」などと呼ばれた。