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Gloria Dei Church.

The churches of Philadelphia are numerous and diverse. Founded by William Penn to celebrate religious freedom, Philadelphia has many historic and significant churches, among many smaller and newer ones.

African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Allen A.M.E. Church 5901 Larchwood Avenue
Alleyne Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church 1249 North 55th Street
Hickman Temple A.M.E. Church 5001 Baltimore Avenue
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church 419 South 6th Street
a.k.a. 419 Richard Allen Avenue
Waters Memorial A.M.E. Church 609 S Clifton Street
Wesley AME Zion Philly Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church 1500 Lombard Street

Armenian Apostolic Church

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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church 8701 Ridge Avenue

Baptist

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Chestnut Street Baptist Church and Ternacle Baptist Church 4017 Chestnut Street
Christian Stronghold Church 4701 Lancaster Avenue 39°58′18″N 75°12′56″W / 39.9717°N 75.2155°W / 39.9717; -75.2155
Church of the Redeemer Baptist 1440 South 24th Street 39°56′02″N 75°11′05″W / 39.9340°N 75.1846°W / 39.9340; -75.1846
First Immanuel Baptist Church 2438 Ridge Avenue
Forty Sixth Street Baptist Church 1261-65 South 46th Street
Glory Baptist Church 4128 Aspen Street
Gospel Temple Baptist Church - 1327 S 19th St Philadelphia PA Gospel Temple Baptist Church 1327 South 19th Street 39°56′08″N 75°10′31″W / 39.9355°N 75.1753°W / 39.9355; -75.1753
Greater Exodus Baptist Church 704 North Broad Street 39°58′03″N 75°09′38″W / 39.9675°N 75.1606°W / 39.9675; -75.1606
Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church 5522 Woodland Avenue
Mount Hebron Baptist Church Mount Hebron Baptist Church 1419 Wharton St
New Greenwich Light Baptist Church New Greenwich Light Baptist Church 121 W. Oregon Avenue
Pennepack Baptist Church 8732 Krewstown Road
People's Baptist Church 5039 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia City of Praise Baptist Church 1648 West Hunting Park Avenue

St. Andrews Fellowship Baptist Church

4910 Wayne Avenue
Smith Chapel Baptist Church 1828 Ridge Avenue
Transfiguration Baptist Church 3732 Fairmount Avenue
Union Tabernacle Baptist Church 4856 Lancaster Avenue
Vietnamese International Baptist Church of Philadelphia 590 Adams Ave Damaged or destroyed by a fire in 2020.
Wayland Memorial Baptist Church 5126 Baltimore Avenue
Wayland Temple Baptist Church 2500 Cecil B. Moore Ave
White Rock Baptist Church 5240 Chestnut Street

Brethren in Christ Church

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Mount Calvary Holy Church 5944 Catharine Street
Circle of Hope 2214 S. Broad St.

2007 Frankford Ave.

2309 N. Broad St.

5720 Ridge Ave.

3800 Marlton Pike, NJ

Episcopal

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Main article: Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
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Church of the Advocate 1801 West Diamond Street
Christ Church 20 North American Street
Church of the Crucifixion 620 South 8th Street
39°56′30″N 75°09′21″W / 39.9418°N 75.1558°W / 39.9418; -75.1558
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church Columbus Boulevard & Christian Street
Church of the Holy Trinity 1904 Walnut Street
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral 3723 Chestnut Street
Saint Clement's Church 2013 Appletree Street
St. James Kingsessing
(Old Swedes') 		6838 Woodland Avenue official website
Church of St. James the Less 3227 West Clearfield Street
Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany 330 South 13th Street
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church 1625 Locust Street
Church of St. Martin in the Fields 8000 St. Martin’s Lane
40°03′55″N 75°12′24″W / 40.0654°N 75.2066°W / 40.0654; -75.2066
Saint Mary's Church 3916 Locust Walk
St. Paul's Episcopal Church 22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
Saint Peter's Church 313 Pine Street
Saint Stephen's Church 19 South Tenth Street
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas 6361 Lancaster Avenue
39°59′14″N 75°15′04″W / 39.9873°N 75.2512°W / 39.9873; -75.2512
First building: 5th Street, south of Walnut Street
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 5720 Ridge Avenue
40°01′39″N 75°12′37″W / 40.0276°N 75.2102°W / 40.0276; -75.2102
Trinity Church Oxford 6901 Rising Sun Avenue Built c. 1700

Friends (Quaker)

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Arch Street Friends Meeting House 4th & Arch Streets
Interior.
Frankford Friends Meeting House Unity & Waln Streets
Free Quaker Meetinghouse 500 Arch Street
Germantown Friends Meeting House 47 West Coulter Street
Race Street Friends Meetinghouse 1515 Cherry Street
West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House 3500 Lancaster Avenue
Former buildings
Girard Avenue Meeting House 17th Street & Girard Avenue Built 1862
Discontinued 1934
Demolished
Greater Friends Meeting House SW corner 2nd & Market Streets Built 1755.
Dismantled 1812, used to build Twelfth Street Meeting House.
Orange Street Friends Meeting House 7th Street & Washington Square South Demolished 1911
Twelfth Street Meeting House 20 South 12th Street Built 1812-14, using materials from the Greater Meeting House.
Dismantled and relocated to the George School, 1972-74.

Lutheran

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Redeemer Lutheran Church 3200 Ryan Ave
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mt. Airy) 6671 Germantown Avenue Closed September 2016
St. Michael's Lutheran Church - Kensington 2139 East Cumberland St., Kensington
University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation 3637 Chestnut Street
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion 2110 Chestnut Street

Mennonite

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Vietnamese Mennonite Church 6237 Woodland Ave
West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship 4740 Baltimore Avenue Building was constructed by and is shared with Calvary United Methodist
Abundant Life Chinese Mennonite Church 1731 South Broad Street
Germantown Mennonite Church 21 West Washington Lane Photo shows the historic Mennonite Meetinghouse, predecessor of the current church nearby
Love Truth Chinese Mennonite Church 600 West Chew Avenue
Oxford Circle Mennonite Church 900 East Howell Street

Methodist

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Arch Street United Methodist Church 55 North Broad Street
Calvary United Methodist Church 801 48th Street
Fox Chase United Methodist Church Loney & Fillmore Streets
Saint George's United Methodist Church 324 New Street
United Methodist Church of the Redeemer 1128 Cottman Ave.
Kensington (Old Brick) United Methodist Church Marlborough & Richmond Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Founded June 1801

Non-Denominational

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Metro Church 4200 Ridge Avenue Formerly known as Metro Presbyterian Church. The building is a Historic Building by the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, and was historically named "Odd Fellow’s Hall", "Prince Hall Masonic Temple", and "Palestine Hall".

Orthodox Church

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Albanian Orthodox

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Saint John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church 237 North 17th Street

Greek Orthodox

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Jurisdiction: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey (New Jersey; the Greater Philadelphia area; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia)

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Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George 256 South 8th Street
Evangelismos of Theotokos 6501 Bustleton Avenue

Orthodox Church in America (OCA)

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Jurisdiction: Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania

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Assumption of the Holy Virgin Church 2101 South 28th Street
St. Stephen Cathedral 8598 Verree Road
Church of Our Lady 560 North 20th Street
St. Nicholas Church 817 North 7th Street

Russian Orthodox

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Jurisdiction: Russian Orthodox Church in the USA

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Saint Andrew's Cathedral 5th Street & Fairmount Avenue
St. Michael the Archangel Church 335 Fairmount Avenue

Pentecostal

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Bible School Mission Pentecostal Church 4512 Lancaster Avenue
Ebenezer Temple Pentecostal Church 5649 Christian Street
Mount Carmel Pentecostal Church 4716 Woodland Avenue
New Beginnings Pentecostal Church 502 E. Haines Street

Presbyterian

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Arch Street Presbyterian Church 1726-1732 Arch Street
Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church 6831 North Franklin Street
Bethel Presbyterian Church 1900 West York Street
Calvin Presbyterian Church 1401 North 60th Street
Cedar Park Presbyterian Church 7740 Limekiln Pike
Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church 8855 Germantown Avenue
Christ's Presbyterian Church 1020 South 10th Street
Emmanuel Chapel 835 Reed Street
Emmanuel Church 4723 Spruce Street
Falls of Schuylkill Presbyterian Church 3800 West Vaux Street
First African Presbyterian Church 4159 West Girard Avenue
First Presbyterian Church 201 South 21st Street
First Presbyterian Church of Kensington 418 East Girard Ave Samuel Sloan, architect
Liberti Northeast: 2424 East York Street
Fairmount: 1901 West Girard Avenue
Lombard Central Presbyterian 4201 Powelton Avenue
Mount Airy Presbyterian Church 13 East Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church 412 Pine Street
Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church 608 North 22nd Street
Overbrook Presbyterian Church 6376 City Avenue
Renewal Presbyterian Church 4633 Cedar Avenue
Summit Presbyterian Church 6757 Greene Street
Tabernacle United Church 3700 Chestnut Street HABS PA-1099
Tenth Presbyterian Church 1700 Spruce Street Completed 1856, John McArthur Jr., architect
Altered 1893, Frank Miles Day, architect
Wooden spire removed 1912
Third Reformed Presbyterian 3024 Byberry Road
Union Tabernacle Presbyterian 2036 East Cumberland Street
Wissahickon Presbyterian Church 5245 Ridge Avenue
Woodland Presbyterian Church 401 South 42nd Street
Wylie Chambers Memorial Presbyterian (Broad Street Ministry) 315 South Broad Street
Former buildings
Green Hill Presbyterian Church 1617 West Girard Avenue John Notman, architect
Demolished 2009
Boulevard United Presbyterian Church 200 East Wyoming Avenue Existing structure for sale in 2014
Current Denomination Unknown

Reformed

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Resurrection Philadelphia (formerly First Baptist Church) 123 South 17th Street 39°57′02″N 75°10′07″W / 39.9505°N 75.1687°W / 39.9505; -75.1687

Reformed Episcopal Church

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Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement 6100 Greene Street
St. Luke's-Bishop Hoffman Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church 6701 Frankford Avenue
Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church 43rd and Chestnut Streets Demolished 2018

Roman Catholic

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Main article: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
St. John the Evangelist Church 21 S. 13th Street
Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School 915 Vine Street HABS PA-1513
Church of the Gesú 1733 West Girard Avenue
Immaculate Conception Church 1020 North Front Street
Immaculate Conception Church (East Germantown) 1020 E. Price Street Closed June 2012
Nativity BVM Roman Catholic Church[usurped] 2535 E. Allegheny Avenue
Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church and School 1008 North 48th Street
Old Saint Joseph's Church 321 Willings Alley
Our Mother of Consolation Church 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
Resurrection of Our Lord Church 2000 Shelmire Avenue
St. Adalbert in Philadelphia 2645 E. Allegheny Avenue known as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia
Saint Augustine Church 243 North Lawrence Street
Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholid Church 902 S 20th Street
Saint Cyprian Catholic Church 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway
Saint Donato Church 403 North 65th Street
Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church 4625 Springfield Avenue
Saint Gabriel's 2917 Dickinson Street
St. Agatha – St. James Church 3728 Chestnut Street
Saint Joachim Church 1527 Church Street Closed July 2013 [1]
Saint Laurentius 1608 East Berks Street Closed March 2014 [2]
St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church Philadelphia PA St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church 712 Montrose Street
Old St. Mary's Church Philadelphia lithograph St. Mary's 248 South 4th Street
St Michael's Catholic Church West Kensington Philadelphia PA St. Michael's Church 1445 North 2nd Street
St Monica Parish Church 2422 S 17th St Philadelphia PA St. Monica Parish Church 2422 S 17th St
St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church Philadelphia PA Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church 1718 South 9th Street
St. Paul Parish Church Philadelphia PA Saint Paul Church 923 Christian Street
Saint Peter the Apostle 1019 North 5th Street (at Girard Avenue)
National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia from east National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia 1166 S Broad Street National Shrine of St Rita of Cascia view from the Northwest
Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church 608 Welsh Road
St. William Church 6200 Rising Sun Avenue
Stella Maris Catholic Church, 2901 S. 10th St. Philadelphia PA Stella Maris Catholic Church 2901 S 10th Street

Ukrainian Catholic

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Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church 1629 West Cayuga Street
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral 830 North Franklin Street

Unitarian

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First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia 2125 Chestnut Street Frank Furness, architect

See also

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