Churches in Passaic County
Passaic County, New Jersey has 296 churches in the Churches List directory, 10 of them verified and 100 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 338 congregations and 313,781 adherents across 61 religious bodies in the county. That is 598 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 525,054 people.
Religious bodies in Passaic County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 49 | 183,098 | 348.7 |
| Muslim Estimate | 23 | 61,580 | 117.3 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 25 | 12,390 | 23.6 |
| Orthodox Judaism | 5 | 8,000 | 15.2 |
| Assemblies of God | 23 | 7,845 | 14.9 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 18 | 4,764 | 9.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 22 | 3,392 | 6.5 |
| United Methodist Church | 14 | 3,147 | 6.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 9 | 2,416 | 4.6 |
| Hindu Temples | 2 | 2,331 | 4.4 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The | 1 | 1,700 | 3.2 |
| Reformed Church in America | 16 | 1,696 | 3.2 |
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 (525,054). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
- Saint Michael Roman Catholic Church — National Register, 1978
- Saint Nicholas Roman Catholic Church — National Register, 1979
- Saint John Lutheran Church — National Register, 1982
Notable churches in Passaic County
Beth Israel Worship Center
Worship Services Friday nights 8:00 pm and Sundays at 11:00 am. All are Welcome!
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Central Korean Baptist Church
Independent, fundamental, Korean church
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Community Presbyterian Church
Saturday 5:30 p.m. Sunday 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Summer 9:30 a.m. only There are three services throughout the school calendar year. Saturday night service is more contemporary, often...
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First AME Zion Church
№ 05
Church of Jesus Christ Apstlc
We invite all !!! Come and fellowship with us. Pastor: Apostole Bishop R. C. Williams
Packanack Community Church
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№ 07
Iglesia Pentecostal El Buen Pastor
Good Shepherd Pentecostal church of the Assemblies of God is a church that treats each other more like a family believe in the word of God and practice the Love of Jesus. Rejoicing...
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№ 08
Koinoia & Christian Ministries
Prophetic Church Of God
Ame Zion Church
Church of the Incarnation
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
Cities and towns in Passaic County
Directory traditions here: Catholic (53) · Baptist Churches (47) · Non-Denominational (31) · Reformed Church in America (16) · Church of God (16) · United Methodist (13) · Orthodox (12) · Episcopal (11) · Presbyterian (10) · Lutheran (10)
Researching ancestors from Passaic 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 New Jersey counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Passaic 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 Passaic County
FEMA has issued 30 disaster declarations covering Passaic County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2021. The most frequent cause: hurricane (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 Passaic 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.