Churches in Luzerne County
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has 379 churches in the Churches List directory, 6 of them verified and 116 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 348 congregations and 166,064 adherents across 55 religious bodies in the county. That is 510 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 325,613 people.
Religious bodies in Luzerne County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 67 | 119,589 | 367.3 |
| United Methodist Church | 51 | 10,691 | 32.8 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 36 | 6,740 | 20.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 23 | 6,241 | 19.2 |
| United Church of Christ | 17 | 3,013 | 9.3 |
| Assemblies of God | 11 | 2,807 | 8.6 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 8 | 2,116 | 6.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 22 | 1,905 | 5.9 |
| Muslim Estimate | 2 | 1,554 | 4.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 8 | 1,343 | 4.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 6 | 1,259 | 3.9 |
| Episcopal Church | 10 | 1,138 | 3.5 |
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 (325,613). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
- Memorial Presbyterian Church — National Register, 2017
Notable churches in Luzerne County
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Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish (Saint Ann RC Church)
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St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church
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St Mary's Byzantine Catholic
New Life Community Church
Sunday School 9:30 am Celebration Service 10:30 am Wednesday Family Fellowship 6:00 pm New Life Community Church seeks to provide a place of healing for spirit, soul and body, and...
Welsh Congregational Church
Bible study 0:900 am Worship Service 10:00 am Communion First Sunday of the month Website provides all other information. Questions E-mail
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
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Slocum Apostolic Chapel
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
First United Church of Christ
Saint Paul's Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Gate of Heaven Church
Cities and towns in Luzerne County
Directory traditions here: Catholic (92) · Methodist (54) · Baptist Churches (28) · United Methodist (26) · Lutheran (24) · United Church of Christ (23) · Non-Denominational (19) · Presbyterian (16) · Evangelical (11) · Episcopal (9)
Researching ancestors from Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Luzerne 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 Luzerne County
FEMA has issued 23 disaster declarations covering Luzerne County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2021. The most frequent cause: hurricane (7 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 Luzerne 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.