List of church buildings in Philadelphia

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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.

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Allen A.M.E. Church5901 Larchwood Avenue
Alleyne Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church1249 North 55th Street
Hickman Temple AME Church, Philadelphia, northeast.png Hickman Temple A.M.E. Church5001 Baltimore Avenue
MotherBethelAMEChurchPhila.jpg Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church 419 South 6th Street
a.k.a. 419 Richard Allen Avenue
Waters Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church 609 S Clifton St Philadelphia PA (DSC 3208).jpg Waters Memorial A.M.E. Church609 S Clifton Street
Wesley AME Zion Philly.JPG Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church1500 Lombard Street

Armenian Apostolic Church

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church 8701 Ridge Avenue

Baptist

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Chestnut Street Baptist Church.jpg Chestnut Street Baptist Church and Ternacle Baptist Church4017 Chestnut Street
Christian Stronghold Church 4701 Lancaster Avenue 39°58′18″N75°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″N75°11′05″W / 39.9340°N 75.1846°W / 39.9340; -75.1846
First Immanuel Baptist Church2438 Ridge Avenue
Forty Sixth Street Baptist Church 1261-65 South 46th Street
Glory Baptist Church4128 Aspen Street
Gospel Temple Baptist Church 1327 S 19th St Philadelphia PA (DSC 1731).jpg Gospel Temple Baptist Church1327 South 19th Street 39°56′08″N75°10′31″W / 39.9355°N 75.1753°W / 39.9355; -75.1753
Philly PA Central Presby PHS462.jpg Greater Exodus Baptist Church 704 North Broad Street 39°58′03″N75°09′38″W / 39.9675°N 75.1606°W / 39.9675; -75.1606
Greater Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church5522 Woodland Avenue
Mount Hebron Baptist Church Philadelphia (DSC 2147).jpg Mount Hebron Baptist Church1419 Wharton St
New Greenwich Light Baptist Church 121 W Oregon Ave Philadelphia PA (DSC 4048).jpg New Greenwich Light Baptist Church 121 W. Oregon Avenue
Lower Dublin Baptist Church Philadelphia PA.jpg Pennepack Baptist Church 8732 Krewstown Road
Peoples Baptist Church, Philadelphia.png People's Baptist Church5039 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia City of Praise Baptist Church 1648 West Hunting Park Avenue

St. Andrews Fellowship Baptist Church

4910 Wayne Avenue
Smith Chapel Baptist Church1828 Ridge Avenue
Transfiguration Baptist Church3732 Fairmount Avenue
Union Tabernacle Baptist Church4856 Lancaster Avenue
Vietnamese International Baptist Church of Philadelphia 590 Adams AveDamaged or destroyed by a fire in 2020.
Wayland Memorial Baptist Church5126 Baltimore Avenue
Wayland Temple Baptist Church2500 Cecil B. Moore Ave
White Rock Baptist Church5240 Chestnut Street

Brethren in Christ Church

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Mount Calvary Holy Church 5944 Catharine Street
Circle of Hope Church.jpg 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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Church-of-the-Advocate-Phila.png Church of the Advocate 1801 West Diamond Street
Christ church philadelphia.jpg Christ Church 20 North American Street
Church of the Crucifixion 620 South 8th Street
39°56′30″N75°09′21″W / 39.9418°N 75.1558°W / 39.9418; -75.1558
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church.png Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church Columbus Boulevard & Christian Street
WTP2 Thewinners IMG 0953.JPG Church of the Holy Trinity 1904 Walnut Street Church of the Holy Trinity Philadelphia red door.jpg
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.jpg Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral 3723 Chestnut Street
Saint clement's church philadelphia exterior apse.jpg Saint Clement's Church 2013 Appletree Street
St James Kingsessing Philadelphia PA.JPG St. James Kingsessing
(Old Swedes')
6838 Woodland Avenue official website
St-James-the-Less-Church.png Church of St. James the Less 3227 West Clearfield Street
St Luke Epiphany HABS angle.jpg Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany 330 South 13th Street
St. Mark's Church (Episcopal), 1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania).jpg Saint Mark's Episcopal Church 1625 Locust Street
Church of St. Martin in the Fields 8000 St. Martin’s Lane
40°03′55″N75°12′24″W / 40.0654°N 75.2066°W / 40.0654; -75.2066
Saint Mary's Church, Philadelphia.jpg Saint Mary's Church 3916 Locust Walk
St. Paul's Altar.jpg St. Paul's Episcopal Church 22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
StptrschurchDec2006.jpg Saint Peter's Church 313 Pine Street
St Steves Philly 2.jpg Saint Stephen's Church 19 South Tenth Street
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas 6361 Lancaster Avenue
39°59′14″N75°15′04″W / 39.9873°N 75.2512°W / 39.9873; -75.2512
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas.jpg
First building: 5th Street, south of Walnut Street
St Timothy's Church, Roxborough.jpg St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 5720 Ridge Avenue
40°01′39″N75°12′37″W / 40.0276°N 75.2102°W / 40.0276; -75.2102
Trinity Church Philly HABS.jpg Trinity Church Oxford 6901 Rising Sun AvenueBuilt c. 1700

Friends (Quaker)

ImageChurchLocationNotes
ArchStFriendsMeetingHouse.jpg Arch Street Friends Meeting House 4th & Arch Streets Arch St Meeting interior.JPG
Interior.
FrankfordFriends.jpg Frankford Friends Meeting HouseUnity & Waln Streets
FreeQuaker.jpg Free Quaker Meetinghouse 500 Arch Street
GermantownFriends.jpg Germantown Friends Meeting House47 West Coulter Street
RaceStMeetinghouse.jpg Race Street Friends Meetinghouse 1515 Cherry Street
West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House, 3500 Lancaster Avenue at Thirty-fifth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA-6664-1.tif West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House3500 Lancaster Avenue
Former buildings
Girard Avenue Meeting House (9045297750).jpg Girard Avenue Meeting House17th Street & Girard AvenueBuilt 1862
Discontinued 1934
Demolished
Breton,William-The-old-Court-House-&-Friends-Meeting-1830.jpg Greater Friends Meeting HouseSW corner 2nd & Market StreetsBuilt 1755.
Dismantled 1812, used to build Twelfth Street Meeting House.
Photocopy of painting by Frank H. Taylor showing the south part of the square, looking west. Painting, early 20th century - Washington Square Area Study, Sixth, Seventh, Walnut HABS PA,51-PHILA,603-5.tif Orange Street Friends Meeting House7th Street & Washington Square SouthDemolished 1911
Photocopy of photograph, photographer unknown, before 1892. City of Philadelphia Records Department, Photo No. 41097. Original print in the Penrose Collection, Historical HABS PA,51-PHILA,674-1.tif Twelfth Street Meeting House 20 South 12th StreetBuilt 1812-14, using materials from the Greater Meeting House.
Dismantled and relocated to the George School, 1972-74.

Lutheran

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Redeemer Lutheran Church 3200 Ryan Ave
6671 Germantown St Mikes.JPG St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mt. Airy) 6671 Germantown AvenueClosed September 2016
St Michaels Lutheran Church Kensington Philly.jpg St. Michael's Lutheran Church - Kensington2139 East Cumberland St., Kensington
University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation 3637 Chestnut Street
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion 2110 Chestnut Street

Mennonite

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Vietnamese Mennonite Church 6237 Woodland Ave
48th and Baltimore Ave, West Philadelphia.jpg West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship 4740 Baltimore AvenueBuilding was constructed by and is shared with Calvary United Methodist
Abundant Life Chinese Mennonite Church1731 South Broad Street
Germantown Mennonite Meeting.JPG Germantown Mennonite Church 21 West Washington LanePhoto 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

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Cor. Broad and Arch (including view of a church), from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg Arch Street United Methodist Church 55 North Broad Street
Calvary UMC Phila west.jpg Calvary United Methodist Church 801 48th Street
ChurchFoxChase.jpg Fox Chase United Methodist ChurchLoney & Fillmore Streets
Philadelphia StGeorgesUMC from West.jpg Saint George's United Methodist Church 324 New Street
United Methodist Church of the Redeemer 1128 Cottman Ave.
Old Brick 2015c.jpg
Kensington (Old Brick) United Methodist ChurchMarlborough & Richmond Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19125Founded June 1801

Non-Denominational

ImageChurchLocationNotes
4200RidgeAve.jpg Metro Church 4200 Ridge AvenueFormerly 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

Albanian Orthodox

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Ch Phila jeh.jpg Saint John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church237 North 17th Street

Greek Orthodox

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

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

Orthodox Church in America (OCA)

Jurisdiction: Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Assumption of the Holy Virgin Church.jpg Assumption of the Holy Virgin Church 2101 South 28th Street
St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral - Philadelphia 02.jpg St. Stephen Cathedral 8598 Verree Road
Church of Our Lady 560 North 20th Street
St. Nicholas Church 817 North 7th Street

Russian Orthodox

Jurisdiction: Russian Orthodox Church in the USA

ImageChurchLocationNotes
St. Andrew's Cathedral - Philadelphia 01.jpg Saint Andrew's Cathedral 5th Street & Fairmount Avenue
St. Michael the Archangel Church 335 Fairmount Avenue

Pentecostal

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Bible School Mission Pentecostal Church4512 Lancaster Avenue
Ebenezer Temple Pentecostal Church 5649 Christian Street
Mount Carmel Pentecostal Church4716 Woodland Avenue
New Beginnings Pentecostal Church502 E. Haines Street

Presbyterian

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Arch Presby.JPG Arch Street Presbyterian Church 1726-1732 Arch Street
Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church6831 North Franklin Street
Bethel Presbyterian Church1900 West York Street
Calvin Presbyterian Church1401 North 60th Street
Cedar Park Presbyterian Church 7740 Limekiln Pike
Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church 8855 Germantown Avenue
Christ's Presbyterian Church.jpg Christ's Presbyterian Church1020 South 10th Street
Emmanuel Chapel.jpg Emmanuel Chapel 835 Reed Street
Emmanuel Church 4723 Spruce Street
Falls of Schuylkill Presbyterian Church3800 West Vaux Street
First African Presbyterian Church4159 West Girard Avenue
First Presbyterian Church201 South 21st Street
First Presbyterian Church of Kensington418 East Girard Ave Samuel Sloan, architect
Liberti Northeast: 2424 East York Street
Fairmount: 1901 West Girard Avenue
Lombard Central Presbyterian 4201 Powelton Avenue
7101 Germantown.JPG Mount Airy Presbyterian Church 13 East Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia, PA.JPG Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church412 Pine Street
Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church608 North 22nd Street
Philly PA Overbrook Presby PHS460.jpg Overbrook Presbyterian Church 6376 City Avenue
Renewal Presbyterian Church - West Philadelphia.jpeg Renewal Presbyterian Church 4633 Cedar Avenue
Summit Presbyterian Church 6757 Greene Street
Tabernacle Presbyterian West Philadelphia.jpg Tabernacle United Church 3700 Chestnut Street HABS PA-1099
Tenth pres 17-spruce.jpg Tenth Presbyterian Church 1700 Spruce StreetCompleted 1856, John McArthur Jr., architect
Altered 1893, Frank Miles Day, architect
Wooden spire removed 1912
Third Reformed Presbyterian 3024 Byberry Road
Union Tabernacle Presbyterian2036 East Cumberland Street
Wissahickon Presbyterian Church.png Wissahickon Presbyterian Church5245 Ridge Avenue
Woodland Presbyterian Church 401 South 42nd Street
Broad Street Ministry.jpg Wylie Chambers Memorial Presbyterian (Broad Street Ministry)315 South Broad Street
Former buildings
Green Hill Presbyterian Church, 1617 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA,51-PHILA,741-1.tif Green Hill Presbyterian Church1617 West Girard Avenue John Notman, architect
Demolished 2009
Boulevard United Presbyterian Church200 East Wyoming AvenueExisting structure for sale in 2014
Current Denomination Unknown

Reformed

ImageChurchLocationNotes
First Baptist Church of Philadelphia.jpg Resurrection Philadelphia (formerly First Baptist Church)123 South 17th Street 39°57′02″N75°10′07″W / 39.9505°N 75.1687°W / 39.9505; -75.1687

Reformed Episcopal Church

ImageChurchLocationNotes
REC Atonement (2).jpg Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement 6100 Greene Street
St. Luke-Bishop Hoffman Memorial REC 2.jpg St. Luke's-Bishop Hoffman Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church6701 Frankford Avenue
RESeminary.jpg Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church 43rd and Chestnut StreetsDemolished 2018

Roman Catholic

ImageChurchLocationNotes
2013 Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul from across the Benjamin Franklin Parkway 2.jpg Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
St. John the Evangelist Church Dwarfed by Skyscrapers.jpg St. John the Evangelist Church 21 S. 13th Street
FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATION, OBLIQUE VIEW - Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School, Vine Street and Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA,51-PHILA,557-2.tif Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School 915 Vine Street HABS PA-1513
Phila ChurchoftheGesu01.jpg Church of the Gesú1733 West Girard Avenue
Immaculate Conception Church 19123 FrontView.jpg Immaculate Conception Church 1020 North Front Street
Immaculate Conception Church in East Germantown (closed in June 2012).jpg Immaculate Conception Church (East Germantown)1020 E. Price StreetClosed June 2012
Nativity BVM Roman Catholic Church 2535 E. Allegheny Avenue
Our Mother of Sorrows, cathedral cemetery W. Philada LCCN2003680654.jpg Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church and School 1008 North 48th Street
WTP C03 AMP 2.jpg Old Saint Joseph's Church 321 Willings Alley
OurMotherofConsolation-Philadelphia-PA-USA.jpg Our Mother of Consolation Church 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
Resurrection of Our Lord Church 2000 Shelmire Avenue
St adalbert phila.jpg St. Adalbert in Philadelphia 2645 E. Allegheny Avenueknown as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia
StAugustineRCChurchPhiladelphia.jpg Saint Augustine Church 243 North Lawrence Street
St Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church 902 S 20th St Philadelphia PA (DSC 4167).jpg Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholid Church902 S 20th Street
St. Cyprian CC Phila front.jpg Saint Cyprian Catholic Church 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway
Saint Donato Church 403 North 65th Street
St Francis de Sales (Philadelphia) 1.png Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church 4625 Springfield Avenue
ST. GABRIEL'S R.C. CHURCH COMPLEX, SOUTH PHILADELPHIA, PA.jpg Saint Gabriel's 2917 Dickinson Street
WTP A04 AMP 1.jpg St. Agatha – St. James Church 3728 Chestnut Street
Saint Joachim Church 1527 Church StreetClosed July 2013
Saint Laurentius Altar Philadelphia.jpg Saint Laurentius 1608 East Berks StreetClosed March 2014
St Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Church - 719 Montrose St, Philadelphia, PA 19147.jpg St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church 712 Montrose Street
Old St. Mary's Church Philadelphia lithograph.jpg St. Mary's 248 South 4th Street
St Michael's Catholic Church West Kensington Philadelphia PA.jpg St. Michael's Church 1445 North 2nd Street
St Monica Parish 2422 S 17th St Philadelphia PA (DSC 0073).jpg St. Monica Parish Church 2422 S 17th St
St Nicholas of Tolentine Church 910 Watkins St Philadelphia PA (DSC 2227).jpg Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church 1718 South 9th Street
St Paul Parish Church Philadelphia (DSC 2267).jpg Saint Paul Church 923 Christian Street
Die Katholische St. Peter's Kirche zu Philadelphia an der Funften und Franklin Strasse. (4700859552).jpg Saint Peter the Apostle1019 North 5th Street (at Girard Avenue) Shrine of St. John Neumann.jpg
National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia from east.jpg National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia 1166 S Broad Street National Shrine of St Rita of Cascia 1166 S Broad St Philadelphia PA (DSC 2382).jpg
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - Philadelphia.jpg Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church608 Welsh Road
St William Parish Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA.jpg St. William Church 6200 Rising Sun Avenue
Stella Maris Catholic Church 2901 S 10th St Philadelphia PA (DSC 4077).jpg Stella Maris Catholic Church 2901 S 10th Street

Ukrainian Catholic

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church1629 West Cayuga Street
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral.JPG Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral 830 North Franklin Street

Unitarian

ImageChurchLocationNotes
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Walnut Street.jpg First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia 2125 Chestnut Street Frank Furness, architect

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