Religious makup of your community

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Just curious about the different cultures of folks on this board.

What is would you say in the religious make up of the community you live in? Say within a 10-15 minute drive from your home.

For me, I could choose from 15-20 Baptist Churches, primarily Southern Baptist, 10 or so Church of Christ (Stone Campbell Movement churches), 7 or so United Methodist Churches and a couple of AME Churches, 2 Presbyterian Churches, a few non-denominational churches who are mostly Pentecostal. 1 Episcopal church that is very liberal (they host the local gay alliance meeting), 1 Assembly of God, 1 Church of God, and 1 Catholic church. We also have a small Mormon assembly and I think we have a Jehovah’s Witness group somewhere. We do not have a Jewish Synagogue or Islamic Mosque within 30 miles of my house.

The community I was raised in was very rural and had a Southern Baptist Church and a United Methodist Church and that was it.
 
I live in South Tulsa, Oklahoma, and we have a plethora of what I refer to as third-wave evangelical congregations. These congregations have a more corporate structure, often more than one campus, and purposely nondescript names (ie. “Church On The Move”, “The Way Church”, “GUTS Church”, “The Church At”). The services sort of resemble a contemporary Christian concert, followed by some fund raising/sermon.

There are also some mainline Protestant congregations, but not nearly as many. There are some Orthodox Churches in other parts of the city, and at least one Eastern Catholic (Maronite) Church in Broken Arrow (a suburb).

We’re in Protestant country for the most part (at least for the time being ;)), but the Roman Catholic Church has a vibrant presence here, too.
 
I walk past a Methodist, Baptist and Anglican church, a Gospel Hall and another hall which I think might be Jehovah’s Witness before arriving at my Catholic parish church. Further down the road is an evangelical church and around the corner is an Anglican church. The synagogue and mosque are elsewhere in the city. I mention the latter because our city is small and densely populated so unless it is one of the rush hours, you can get from one end to the other on green lights in less than 30 minutes. I haven’t a clue how many ‘house churches’ there are and suspect that most of the churches are Anglican. We do have a Russian Orthodox community as well but they are small and their priest covers such a large area, they can only gather once a month.
 
Live in a major city and we literally have it all here,

Closest church is a block away, I think non-denom. A Presbyterian and Baptist Church are the next in in proximity

2 Catholic Churches are very close as well, one of which is my parish.

Also have both a Russian and Greek Orthodox Church within striking distance.

A Jehovah Witness hall is real close.

Probably half the population here is Catholic - but my guess is only half of them go to Mass every week.
 
A mix of Catholic and non-Catholic Christian denominations. I have two Catholic churches within a 5 minute drive from my apartment, as well as a couple other Baptist, Methodist, and non-denominational churches. On the drive to my parish (a little farther, where I am actually registered), I pass by a couple mainstream Christian churches, as well as an LDS gathering space (not sure what it’s called, but it’s not a temple…that is located in another part of town). Just a little farther west are some larger mega churches (much like Brassring described), a Church of the Nazarene, and other such smaller congregations.

Where I work, on the other hand, is primarily Catholic, as the population is largely Hispanic. Although there are a couple Spanish-language Pentecostal and non-denominational churches nearby as well.

There’s a synagogue as well as an Islamic center (although not an actual mosque), a couple Kingdom Halls, etc. as well, but they are not in my immediate area.
 
I live in Utah so the predominant culture and “way of life” here is Mormon. There is a LDS meetinghouse on almost every 5th street corner and definitely in every neighborhood. In my city, there are 3 Catholic Churches, 1 Lutheran, 1 Methodist, 5 Baptist and 12 Non-Denominational churches.

Since officially leaving the Mormon church, I have been attending Mass at a Catholic Church that is less than a mile away from my home! 👍
 
lanman87 said:
Just curious about the different cultures of folks on this board.

What is would you say in the religious make up of the community you live in? Say within a 10-15 minute drive from your home.

For me, I could choose from 15-20 Baptist Churches, primarily Southern Baptist, 10 or so Church of Christ (Stone Campbell Movement churches), 7 or so United Methodist Churches and a couple of AME Churches, 2 Presbyterian Churches, a few non-denominational churches who are mostly Pentecostal. 1 Episcopal church that is very liberal (they host the local gay alliance meeting), 1 Assembly of God, 1 Church of God, and 1 Catholic church. We also have a small Mormon assembly and I think we have a Jehovah’s Witness group somewhere. We do not have a Jewish Synagogue or Islamic Mosque within 30 miles of my house.

The community I was raised in was very rural and had a Southern Baptist Church and a United Methodist Church and that was it.
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Mine is mostly a Protestant city with the biggest churches being some non-denominational Charismatic megachurches, although there are some large mainline churches (Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian) also.

Southern Baptists have a large presence here, as well, along with Church of Christ and Assembly of God. Very few Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons, but they come a-knockin’ at the door a lot.

Catholics are in the minority here (10%, maybe) but have a large enough presence to have a cathedral in downtown district as well as a few sizable churches in other parts, especially due to recent growth in the Hispanic community, which tends to be mostly Catholic.
 
Baptist. All day, all the time.
A coupe of non-Denominational mega churches
But predominantly Baptist.
The Catholic church where I work is 25 miles form my house.
 
Within about 10 miles of my house are all manner of churches seeing as we’re a big city. There’s at least.

3 Catholic Parishes (including Mission San Diego)
1 Episcopalian Church
1 Lutheran Church
1 7th Day Adventist Church
1 Southern Baptist Church
1 Converge Baptist Church
2 Chinese Christian Churches
7 Non-Denominational Christian Churches
3 Mormon Meetinghouses
1 Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall
1 Reform Jewish Temple
1 Conservative Jewish Synagogue
2 “Non-Denominational” Jewish Synagogues
2 Sunni Mosques
1 Vietnamese Buddhist Temple

Beyond 10 miles we’ve got pretty much everything. Syriac Catholic Churches, Byzantine Catholic Churches, breakaway Catholic Churches, United Methodists Churches, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Churches, a ton more non-denominations churches including a few nationally know megachurches (largest being “The Rock Church”, several Unitarian Universalist churches, Hindu Temples, Sikh Temples, Bahai Temples and a pair of Scientology Centers, and a bunch more I’m sure I’m missing and more of the above I listed within 10 miles.
 
Padres1969 said:
Within about 10 miles of my house are all manner of churches.

3 Catholic Parishes (including Mission San Diego)
1 Episcopalian Churches
1 Lutheran Church
1 7th Day Adventist Church
1 Southern Baptist Church
1 Converge Baptist Church
2 Chinese Christian Churches
6 Non-Denominational Churches
3 Mormon Meetinghouses
1 Reform Jewish Temple
1 Conservative Jewish Synagogue
1 “Non-Denominational” Jewish Synagogue
1 Sunni Mosque
1 Vietnamese Buddhist Temple
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I would have a total culture shock if I had to move there.
 
I live in a medium sized (1.5 million) city in the midwest. We have Catholic (East and West), Greek Orthodox, mainline protestant, non-denominational, Jehovah’s Witnesses, holy rollers, snake charmers, a Mormon temple, three synagogues, a mosque, and heaven only knows what else. I think we’ve got it covered.
 
Most churches in my area are Church of England, and encompass everything from Anglo-Catholic to middle of the road Anglican to Evangelical. There are a few Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, one or two Jehovah’s Witness Temples, maybe 7 or 8 Catholic churches, three Orthodox (one Antiochan, one Coptic and one Russian). In terms of non-Christian faiths, there is an Orthodox synagogue and a reformed synagogue, a few mosques and a Buddist Temple I’m aware of.
 
I live in a rural community in California, in the high desert. There’s only one church, a community church of which I don’t know the denomination. There are a few Catholics out here, but my friend and I are the only ones I know out here to make it into town to go to mass (perhaps others do at other parishes or at other times, we don’t know them well.) There are also a few Muslims in the area. I don’t know the religion of the Hmong people who recently moved here en masse. I think some of them are Christian, at least vaguely so, and some are more traditional pagan/shamanistic. They’re only here in the Summer mostly, to grow marijuana. I don’t know them well either.
 
lanman87 said:
I would have a total culture shock if I had to move there.
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By the same token I’m sure I’d be culture shocked in your neck of the woods. I mean there are plenty of Evangelical Protestants around my area as well. But we’ve got a nice spread of other religions too. Don’t know what it would be like living in an area that seems to skew so heavily toward the Evangelical Protestant wing of Christianity.
 
I looked up the statistics. Interesting. The unchurched are around fifty percent of the population. Other than them, this is a Catholic county, with 9 thousand people. The various splinters of Lutheranism are fairly close, at 7 thousand. Further down are the Amish (!), followed by the Methodists and Assemblies of God. LDS are way down the list, which is nice, given my history.
 
I live in San Francisco, so like Padres in San Diego, there are many, many faith communities within a short drive or walking distance. There are:

4 or 5 RC churches I can walk to. Some have special masses in Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Chinese.
3 nearby Episcopal churches (although just under 20 in the city itself).
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Unity
Unitarian Universalist
MCC (Metropolitan Community Church/LGBTQ)
Some of the most beautiful Jewish temples and synagogues in the country, including Sha’ar Zahav for the LGBTQ community
LDS
JWs
Buddhist temples and churches
Russian Orthodox Cathedral / Greek / Syrian etc.
the Zen Center
Baha’i Center
the Brahma Kumaris
a host of Mosques (and I believe they tend to be culturally gathered)
Hindu temples
Sikh temple
Wiccan gatherings
St John Coltrane African Orthodox Church
Sophia Catholic Community (WomenPriests) - and the list goes on…

Our Interfaith group is VERY active and diverse. I love San Francisco.
 
What is would you say in the religious make up of the community you live in? Say within a 10-15 minute drive from your home?

I live in a predominantly Christian community near San Bernardino. I would say Catholics and Mormons are numerous. There are older protestant churches that represent most forms of Protestantism.

There’s also a Coptic church in a nearby canyon.

There are also two synagogues … a Reformed and Conservative synagogues in the city.

There’s an Islamic Center three blocks away and a Mosque within ten minutes on a major thoroughfare.

Numerous Hindus live in the area with a Temple about forty minutes away.

A Baha’i center is about thirty minutes away in a neighboring center.

Sikhs also are numerous and have a Temple thirty minutes driving time…

Some Jains as well as Buddhists live in our community.

I would say we’ve become more cosmopolitan since my childhood.
 
My community is majority WASP, but we have about a 16% Catholic population; what you notice most, I think, is that either you are non-liturgical protestant here or Catholic, there aren’t many Lutherans, Episcopalians, no Orthodox at all. We are right on the northern edge of the Bible belt.
 
10-15 minutes would just about gt me down from my mountain eyrie…

Rural Catholic Ireland,

The nearest small town - half an hour away- refers to itself as having twin spires, and the view is amazing of that, These are the only Churches. there ie Catholic and Church of Ireland and the nearest large towns are anything up p to 50 miles away eg Galway City. Diversity there.

But always predominantly Catholic and the churches are lovely. And so many.
 
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