Philadelphia, PA

Finding a Church in Philadelphia: 1,227 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

15 minute read Churches List editorial desk

A colonial stone church with white steeple between philadelphia brick rowhouses, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.
A colonial stone church with white steeple between philadelphia brick rowhouses, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.

Philadelphia lists 1,227 congregations, from colonial-era meetinghouses to storefront sanctuaries. The full map of the city's traditions and where each one concentrates.

1,227congregations inside Philadelphia
45distinct traditions represented
312listings with a church website

Philadelphia lists 1,227 congregations in the Churches List directory across 52 ZIP codes and 45 traditions, and it carries more register-listed church history per block than almost any American city. Eighteen Philadelphia church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings, among them Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (listed 1972), the mother congregation of the entire AME denomination.

Baptist congregations lead at 338 listings. Catholic parishes hold 134, Non-Denominational churches 125, and African Methodist Episcopal congregations 85, the largest AME city count in this directory and the tradition's historic home ground. Episcopal parishes add 43 in the city where American Anglicanism reorganized after the Revolution.

Which traditions have the most churches in Philadelphia?

Philadelphia's church mix is the East Coast's most historically layered: the AME 85 and Episcopal 43 are both national-history numbers, the Catholic 134 maps the rowhouse parishes of the industrial city, and Methodist (54), Church of God (49), and Lutheran (45) fill the middle tier. The 338 Baptist congregations concentrate in North and West Philadelphia, the city's great twentieth-century church corridors.

Which Philadelphia churches hold National Register of Historic Places listings?

18 Philadelphia church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. The register-listed congregations in this directory include Mother Bethel African Methodist Church (listed 1972); Wesley Ame Zion Church (listed 1978); First Corinthian Baptist Church (listed 2023); Celestial Zion Baptist Church (listed 2023); Holy Trinity Baptist Church (listed 1973); Old Catholic Oratory of St. Augustine (listed 1976); Saint James the Less Church (listed 1974); Saint Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church (listed 2021); Saint Maron's Roman Catholic Church (listed 1992); Gloria Dei Church (listed 1966).

A sortable selection of Philadelphia churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of Philadelphia's 1,227 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The Philadelphia city page lists every congregation.

60 selected congregations of 1,227 listed in Philadelphia
ChurchTraditionStreetZIPRecords
First Corinthian Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches5101 Pine Street19143National Register, website
Glading Memorial Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical1267 E Cheltenham Ave19124National Register, website
Gloria Dei ChurchEpiscopal916 S Swanson St19147National Register, website
Historic St. George's United Methodist ChurchMethodist235 N 4Th St19106National Register, website
Holy Trinity Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches1818 Bainbridge Street19146National Register, website
Mother Bethel African Methodist ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal419 South 6Th Street19147National Register, website
Old Catholic Oratory of St. AugustineCatholic630 E. Cathedral Road19128National Register, website
Tindley Temple United Methodist ChurchMethodist750762 S Broad St19146National Register, website
Arch Street Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical1724 Arch St19103National Register
Celestial Zion Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches3544 North 17Th Street19140National Register
Janes Memorial United Methodist ChurchMethodist4159 E Haines St19144National Register
Saint Clement's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal2013 Appletree Street19103National Register
Saint Gabriel's Roman Catholic ChurchCatholic2917 Dickinson Street19146National Register
Saint James the Less ChurchCatholic3227 West Clearfield Street19132National Register
Saint Maron's Roman Catholic ChurchCatholic1010 Ellsworth Street19147National Register
Saint Peter's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal313 Pine Street19106National Register
Saint Stephen's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal19 South 10Th Street19107National Register
Wesley Ame Zion ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal1500 Lombard Street19146National Register
Acts of the Apostles ChurchNon-Denominational1400 North Newkirk Street19121website
Advocate St Stephens United Methodist ChurchMethodist5213 Germantown Ave19144website
All SaintsCatholic2651 Buckius St.19137website
All Saints ChurchEpiscopal1811 Loney St19111website
Amesbury Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist171 Main St19133website
Andorra Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches8711 Ridge Avenue19128website
Annunciation B.v.m.Catholic1511 S. 10Th. St.19147website
Antioch of Calvary ChapelCalvary Chapel4721 Chestnut St19139website
Arch Street United Methodist ChurchMethodist55 N Broad St19107website
Baptist Worship CenterBaptist Churches4790 James Street19137website
Beacon Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical2364 E Cumberland St19125website
Beloved St. John Evangelistic ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal4541 N. Broad St.19132website
Berean Fellowship ChurchSeventh Day Adventist2913 W Diamond St19121website
Bethany Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches460 Rhawn Street19111website
Bethany United Church of ChristUnited Church of Christ6545 Rising Sun Avenue19111website
Bethel Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches2210 East Susquehanna Avenue19125website
Beth El Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches1218 East Chelten Avenue19138website
Bethel Chapel ChurchNon-DenominationalK And East19124website
Bethlehem of Deliverance ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal2016 W. Berks Street19121website
Better Way Bible ChurchBible5100 Lancaster Avenue19131website
Beverly Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist499 Rantoul St19153website
Bibleway Free Will Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches1201 E Mt. Pleasant Ave19150website
Bryant Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches114044 S. 19Th Street19146website
Burton GatesBaptist Churches431 E. Indiana Ave.19134website
Bustleton United Methodist ChurchMethodist9707 Bustleton Ave19115website
Calvary Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches655 North 16Th Street19130website
Calvary Chapel King's HighwayAfrican Methodist Episcopal4442 Frankford Ave., 2Nd Floor, Rear19124website
Calvary Chapel of PhiladelphiaAfrican Methodist Episcopal13500 Philmont Ave19116website
Calvary Chapel on the King's HighwayCalvary Chapel4442 Frankford Ave19124website
Calvary Chapel PhiladelphiaCalvary Chapel13500 Philmont Avenue19116website
Calvary Christian Church of PhiladelphiaAfrican Methodist Episcopal600038 E. Roosevelt Blvd.19149website
Calvary Temple of PhiladelphiaAfrican Methodist Episcopal3301 S. 20Th Street19145website
Calvary United Methodist ChurchMethodist801 S 48Th St19143website
Camphor Memorial Methodist ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal5620 Wyalusing Ave19131website
Camphor Memorial United Methodist ChurchMethodist5620 Wyalusing Ave19131website
Celestial Church of ChristChurch of Christ6100 Chancellor Street19139website
Celestial Church of ChristChurch of Christ7030 Elmwood Avenue19142website
Chestnut Hill Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical8855 Germantown Ave19118website
Chestnut Hill United Methodist ChurchMethodist8814 Germantown Ave19118website
Childs Memorial Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches953 North 10Th Street19123website
Chinese Gospel ChurchNon-Denominational222 North 12Th Street19107website
Christ Apostolic ChurchApostolic248 South 61St Street19139website

Where Philadelphia's churches stand: the map

The map shows the 60 selected congregations from the table above.

How to choose a church in Philadelphia: a practical checklist

1,207 of Philadelphia's 1,227 listings carry a phone number and 312 publish a website. For a newcomer:

  • Think in rowhouse neighborhoods, not miles. Philadelphia churches sit closer together than in any other directory city of this size; the nearest-to-me button often returns a dozen candidates within a mile.
  • Visit the historic register set even if you settle elsewhere. Mother Bethel AME and Gloria Dei are working congregations, not museums.
  • Check SEPTA before driving. 490 Philadelphia churches sit near mapped transit stops, and Center City parking on Sunday is its own sermon.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 1,227 congregations inside Philadelphia across 52 ZIP codes. 1,207 of those listings carry a phone number and 312 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 18 Philadelphia churches hold listings. Churches List does not rank congregations: the table sorts alphabetically within record-completeness groups, and the directory applies corrections submitted by churches, usually within two business days, through the corrections page.

Related reading in The Letter: Philadelphia by transit ranks the city's 490 transit-reachable churches, Pennsylvania's 56 register-listed churches shows Philadelphia County leading the state with 19, the rowhouse parish grid maps the Catholic city, and the Pennsylvania Catholic map gives the state picture. The Philadelphia city page lists every congregation.