Churches in Middlesex County
Middlesex County, Massachusetts has 706 churches in the Churches List directory, 36 of them verified and 400 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 958 congregations and 882,531 adherents across 104 religious bodies in the county. That is 541 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 1,632,028 people.
Religious bodies in Middlesex County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 107 | 642,062 | 393.4 |
| Muslim Estimate | 15 | 43,868 | 26.9 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 76 | 28,370 | 17.4 |
| Episcopal Church | 47 | 13,885 | 8.5 |
| United Church of Christ | 59 | 12,996 | 8.0 |
| Reform Judaism | 13 | 11,313 | 6.9 |
| United Methodist Church | 38 | 10,748 | 6.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 20 | 10,309 | 6.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 73 | 9,223 | 5.7 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations | 33 | 8,989 | 5.5 |
| Conservative Judaism | 8 | 7,981 | 4.9 |
| Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) | 4 | 7,750 | 4.7 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (1,632,028). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
- Grace Episcopal Church — National Register, 1972
- First Baptist Church Cambridge — National Register, 1975
- Old Cambridge Baptist Church — National Register, 1982
- First Baptist Church in Newton — National Register, 1982
- Church of the New Jerusalem — National Register, 1983
- Saint James' Episcopal Church — National Register, 1983
- Greek Orthodox Church — National Register, 1983
- Saint James' Episcopal Church — National Register, 1983
- First Baptist Church of Stoneham — National Register, 1984
- First Congregational Church — National Register, 1984
Notable churches in Middlesex County
№ 01
Saint Tarcisius Parish
Parish Services Saturday evening Masses: 4:00PM English: standard time 5:00PM English: daylight savings time 7:00PM Brazilian Sunday Masses: 8:00AM & 11:00AM English 9:30AM Portugu...
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
"Sunday worship services: English (first floor chapel): 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM Portuguese (second floor chapel): 9:00 AM Spanish (second floor chapel): 11:30 AM Mandarin (first floor ch...
№ 03
Eliot Church
Gothic Revival
Calvary Chapel
Loving God - Loving People SAT 6 PM, Sunday 9 and 11 AM
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№ 05
Friends Meeting At Cambridge
"Friends Meeting at Cambridge (FMC) is a Quaker meetinghouse that has Meeting for Worship on Sunday from 10:30-11:30 AM except for the 4th Sunday of the month which has two service...
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№ 06
St. Mary Orthodox Church
St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church is a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America located in Central Square of Cambridge, Massachusetts. St. Mary Chu...
Italianate architecture
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№ 07
Greater Framingham Community Church
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№ 08
Christ Church United UCC in Lowell
Gothic Revival
Closed
Christ Church United UCC in Lowell
A United Church of Christ congregation.10AM Sunday Worship Sunday School and Childcare providedVirginia Ann McDaniel, Pastor
Closed
№ 10
Vida Real Internacional
№ 11
First Church Marlborough
St Anselm Church
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Cities and towns in Middlesex County
Directory traditions here: Non-Denominational (90) · Baptist Churches (86) · Catholic (70) · United Church of Christ (65) · Episcopal (53) · Congregational (38) · United Methodist (33) · African Methodist Episcopal (23) · Assemblies of God (21) · Lutheran (18)
Researching ancestors from Middlesex County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Massachusetts counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Middlesex County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Middlesex County
FEMA has issued 35 disaster declarations covering Middlesex County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2023. The most frequent cause: severe storm (9 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Middlesex County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.