Spiritual Organizations

Religious Faiths Represented in the Greater Rochester Area Religious Faiths Founded in the Greater Rochester Area Places of Worship or Religious Organizations African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Baha'i' Faith Baptist American Baptist Independent Baptist Buddhist Catholic Eastern Rite Catholic Melkite Greek Catholic Ukrainian Catholic Roman Catholic Rochester Catholic Organizations (non-parish) Roman Catholic inspired Other Eckankar Episcopalian Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Free Church of America Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE) Hindu Jehovah's Witnesses Jewish Reform Conservative Orthodox Chabad Lubavitch Lutheran Mennonite Methodist Free Methodist United Methodist Mormon Muslim Nondenominational Christian Orthodox Christian, Eastern Greek Orthodox Romanian Orthodox Russian Orthodox Macedonian Orthodox Ukrainian Orthodox Orthodox Christian, Oriental Coptic Orthodox Pagan Presbyterian Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) Reform Church of America Santería Sikh Spiritualist THC Ministry Unitarian Universalist United Churches Uniterranism Wesleyan Zen Buddhism Other Sites of Interest

Religious Faiths Represented in the Greater Rochester Area

This is a (short) list of various faiths that have churches or civic centers in the Rochester area.

Buddhism, Christianity, Roman Catholic, Eckankar, Hindu, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Judaism, Christian Orthodox, Mormon, Paganism, Protestant, Quaker, Sikh, Spiritualism, Unitarian Universalist, Uniterranism, Zen Buddhism

Religious Faiths Founded in the Greater Rochester Area

There are two religions that have their roots in the greater Rochester area. Spiritualism was founded right in the city of Rochester, by the Fox sisters. The Mormon faith originated in the town of Palmyra NY, just east of Rochester.

Places of Worship or Religious Organizations

African Methodist Episcopal (AME)

• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Baha'i' Faith

• Rochester Baha'i' Community — 693 East Ave Rochester, NY 14607 — (585) 244-2220

Baptist

American Baptist

• First Baptist Church of Brockport (124 Main Street - Brockport, NY)

• First Baptist Church of Rochester (175 Allens Creek Road - Rochester, NY)
  

• Lake Avenue Baptist Church (57 Ambrose St - Rochester, NY 14608)

Independent Baptist

• Charity Bible Baptist Church (220 Avenue D - Rochester, NY)
  

• East Baptist Church - 64 Reeves Road, Henrietta, NY
  

• First Bible Baptist Church (1039 North Greece Road - Rochester, NY)
  

• Immanuel Baptist Church (15 Park Avenue, Rochester)
  

• North Baptist Church (2052 St. Paul Street - Rochester, NY)
  

• Open Door Baptist Church (350 Chili-Scottsville Road - Churchville, NY)
  

• Southeast Bible Baptist Church (1850 Nine Mile Point Road - Penfield, NY 14526)
  

• West Side Baptist Church (3955 Mount Read Boulevard - Rochester, NY)

Buddhist

• Center of Harmony Chan Buddhist Sangha (1040 Winton Road North - Rochester, NY. 585.482.4872)
  

• Amitabha Foundation (11 South Goodman Street - Rochester, NY)
  

• Rochester Zen Center (7 Arnold Park - Rochester, NY)

Catholic

The term Catholic, which means "universal", is an umbrella term covering many churches other than the Roman Catholic church. The Uniate churches, or Eastern Rite Catholics, are one such group of churches under that umbrella.

Eastern Rite Catholic

The Eastern Rite Catholic, or Eastern Catholic churches have an "Eastern" Christian style of worship and theology making them very similar to Christian Orthodox churches (such as Greek, Russian, Ukranian etc). The most significant difference is they hold recognition of the supremacy of the Pope of Rome, whereas the Eastern Orthodox recognize the Pope only as the Bishop of Rome who is "first among equals." This is in reference to the Apostolic Sees.

The following churches are considered to be Eastern Rite Catholic:

Melkite Greek Catholic

• St. Nicholas Melkite Greek Catholic Church — 1492 Spencerport Rd Rochester, NY — (585) 426-4218

Ukrainian Catholic

• St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church — 940 Ridge Road East Rochester, New York 14621 — (585) 467-6457
  

• Epiphany of Our Lord — 202 Carter St, Rochester, NY 14621 — (585) 266-4036

Roman Catholic

• The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester — 1150 Buffalo Rd, Rochester, NY 14624 — (585) 328-3210
  

• St Andrews Parish — 95 Averill Ave., Rochester
  

• St. Anne Church (Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood) — 1600 Mount Hope Ave, Rochester — (585) 271-3260
  

• St. Christopher's Church — North Chili
  

• Church of the Blessed Sacrament — 259 Rutgers St, Rochester, NY 14607 — (585) 271-7240
  

• Holy Cross Church — 4492 Lake Ave. Rochester, NY 14612 — (585) 663-2244
  

• Winton-Culver Catholic Community — Three different churches in the Winton-Culver neighborhood

Rochester Catholic Organizations (non-parish)

• St. Irenaeus Center — 542 Blossom Road, Rochester, NY 14610 — (585) 288-1618 — website

Roman Catholic inspired

• Spiritus Christi Church - (see also Wikipedia Article) - Spiritus Christi used to be a Roman Catholic church. While Spiritus Christi and its parishioners were excommunicated in 1998 for supporting the ordination of women and sanctioning unions between gay and lesbian couples, Spiritus Christi conducts mass in a way that will be familiar to most Catholics. Spiritus Christi welcomes people of all denominations and all faiths.

Other

• St. Stanislaus Kostka Church - Polish - 1124 Hudson Avenue
  

Eckankar

• Eckankar Center of Rochester (26 South Goodman Street)

Episcopalian

The Episcopal Church in the USA is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion —which is composed of autonomous national churches with historic ties to the Church of England.

• Episcopal Diocese of Rochester (935 East Ave - Rochester, NY)
  

• St Luke & St Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church (17 S Fitzhugh St - Rochester, NY) — in the historic St. Luke's Church
  

• St Luke's Episcopal Church (77 Country Corner Lane, Perinton)
  

• St Paul's Episcopal Church (13 Vick Park B - Rochester, NY)
  

• St Stephen's Episcopal Church (350 Chili Ave - Rochester, NY)

Evangelical Covenant Church

• Artisan Church (1235 Clinton Avenue S - Rochester, NY)

Evangelical Free Church of America

• Crossbridge Community Church (2070 Five Mile Line Road - Penfield, NY)

Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE)

• Clarkson Community Church
  

• Evangelical Church of Fairport (38 East Church Street - Fairport, NY)

Hindu

• Hindu Temple of Rochester
  

• Gaudiya Mission (180 Fulton Ave. Rochester, NY)
  

• Srí Rájarajeswari Peetam (6980 / 6970 East River Road, Rush, NY)

Jehovah's Witnesses

• Ellison Park/Portland/Monroe/Spanish East Congregations (510 Helendale Road - Rochester, NY)
  

• Genesee Valley/Arnett Congregations (1037 South Plymouth Avenue - Rochester, NY)
  

• Irondequoit/Russian Congregations (500 Kings Highway South- Rochester, NY)
  

• Maplewood Park/Upper Falls/Spanish South/Spanish West Congregations (880 Saint Paul Street - Rochester, NY)
  

• Parkway Congregation (4343 Mount Read Boulevard - Rochester, NY)

Jewish

Reform

• Congregation Etz Chaim (2 Mountain Rise - Fairport, NY)

• Temple B'rith Kodesh (2131 Elmwood Ave. - Rochester, NY)
  

• Temple Emanu-El of Irondequoit (2956 St. Paul Blvd. - Rochester, NY)
  

• Temple Sinai (363 Penfield Rd. - Rochester, NY)

Conservative

• Congregation Beth Hamedresh - Beth Israel (1369 East Avenue - Rochester, NY)
  

• Temple Beth Am (3249 E. Henrietta Road - Henrietta, NY)
  

• Temple Beth El (139 South Winton Road - Rochester, NY)
  

• Temple Beth David (3200 St. Paul Blvd. - Rochester, NY)

Orthodox

• Congregation B'nai Israel (695 Joseph Ave. - Rochester, NY)
  

• Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh (19 St. Regis Dr. N. - Rochester, NY)
  

• Congregation Beth Sholom (1161 Monroe Avenue - Rochester, NY)

Chabad Lubavitch

• Chabad Lubavitch of Rochester (1037 Winton Rd. S. - Rochester, NY)

Lutheran

• Hope Lutheran Church (1301 Vintage Lane - Greece, NY) — good youth programs & large VBS program.
  

• Atonement Lutheran Church (1900 Westfall Road)
  

• Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (131 W. Main St., Webster, NY) - an ELCA congregation
  

• Reformation Lutheran Church (111 N. Chestnut St. - Downtown across from the Eastman Theater) — only German language service in upstate NY — active community outreach ministries

Mennonite

• Rochester Area Mennonite Fellowship (111 Hillside Avenue - Rochester, NY)

Methodist

Free Methodist

• Edgewood Free Methodist Church

• New Hope Free Methodist Church (62 North Union St. - Rochester, NY)

United Methodist

• Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Avenue - Rochester, NY)

Mormon

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Muslim

• Islamic Center of Rochester

Nondenominational Christian

• Anchor Christian Church (375 Beaver Road - Rochester, NY)
  

• Bethel Christian Fellowship (321 East Avenue - Rochester, NY)
  

• Browncroft Community Church (2530 Browncroft Blvd. - Rochester, NY)
  

• Calvary Chapel of Rochester (2505 Browncroft Blvd, Rochester, NY, 14625)
  

• The Father's House (692 Paul Road - Rochester, NY)
  

• Grace Road Church (315 Gregory Street - Rochester, NY)
  

• Joining Hands of Rochester Site — Contemporary Christian church 585 324-0230
  

• Lakeshore Community Church (3651 Latta Rd - Greece)
  

• New Day Church - Dewey Avenue - Spanish language
  

• New Hope Community Church (North Chili)
  

• NewSong Church (meets at Monroe Community College, popular with college-aged Christians)
  

• Rochester Chinese Christian Church (RCCC) — 1524 Jackson Road, Penfield, NY 14526 — 585 872-6708
  

• Rochester Chinese Christian Church - West (RCCC-West) — 70 Thompson Road, Rochester, NY 14623 — 585 359-3217
  

• Wheatland Community Church (6746 East River Road - Rush, NY)

Orthodox Christian, Eastern

The Eastern Orthodox Church is a collection of churches with a fundamentally agreed on theology, but unique cultural distinction (i.e. Russian versus Greek). It is one of the most ancient branches of Christianity, with Roman Catholicism the only other Church sharing that distinction (they were both one church before 1050 AD).

Greek Orthodox

• Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church— 962 East Ave Rochester, NY 14607 — (585) 244-3377
  

• Holy Spirit Greek Orthodox Church — 835 South Avenue Rochester, NY 14620 —
  

• St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church — 855 South Goodman St. Rochester, NY — (585) 442-6860
  

• St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church

Romanian Orthodox

• Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church 56 Andrews Street — Victor, NY 14564 — (585) 924-8737

Russian Orthodox

• Protection of the Mother of God Russian Orthodox Church — 100 Stanford Drive Brighton, NY — (585) 224-0554

Macedonian Orthodox

• St. Demetrius Macedonian Orthodox Church — 235 Telephone Road West Henrietta, NY 14586

Ukrainian Orthodox

• St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church — 3176 St. Paul Blvd. Rochester NY 14617-3433 — (585) 342-1076

Orthodox Christian, Oriental

The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only the first four ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople, the First Council of Ephesus and the Second Council of Ephesus — and reject the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon. Hence, these Churches are also called Old Oriental Churches. Despite potentially confusing nomenclature, Oriental Orthodox churches are distinct from the churches that are collectively referred to as Eastern Orthodoxy.

Coptic Orthodox

• St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church — 530 Lehigh Station Rd. West Henrietta, NY 14586 — (585) 334-1040

• St. Shenouda Monastery — P.O. Box 20433 Rochester, NY 14602 (No visiting address listed) — stshenouda@rochcopts.org

Pagan

• Church of the Ancient Paths - wwwChurchOfAncientPaths.org (PO Box 23251, Rochester, NY 14692) — Interfaith Pagan —
  

• Circle of the Green — Goddess Religion — 585-721-8031
  

• Pagan Church of the Sacred Pentacle
  

• Pagan Outreach Center
  

• Shining Valley Protogrove, ADF — Druidism
  

• Universal Terran Church

Presbyterian

• Brighton Presbyterian Church- pbygenval.org/churches/brighton.shtml - 1775 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14610 — (585)475-5876
  

• First Presbyterian Church of East Rochester - 109 East Ave., East Rochester, NY 14445 — (585) 586-7120
  

• Lakeside Presbyterian Church -Website 75 Stutson Street, Charlotte —585 663 0644
  

• Memorial Orthodox Presbyterian Church - memorialopc.org - 650 Merchants Rd., Rochester, NY 14609 — (585) 482-1174
  

• Parkminster Presbyterian Church (2710 Chili Avenue - Rochester, NY)
  

• Reformed Presbyterian Church of Rochester - rpcrochester.org - 115 East Ave., East Rochester, NY 14445 — (585) 385-7540
  

• South Presbyterian Church - southpresbyterian.com - 4 E. Henrietta Rd. Rochester, NY 14620 — (585) 271-5078
  

• Third Presbyterian Church - thirdpresbyterian.org - 4 Meigs St. Rochester, NY 14607 — (585) 271-6513
  

• Downtown United Presbyterian Church - http://www.dupc.org - 121 N Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, NY 14614 — (585) 325-4000

Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)

• Rochester Friends Meeting (84 Scio Street ) — http://www.nyym.org/rochester/

Reform Church of America

• Brighton Reformed Church

Santería

• Botanica Obatala Shango

Sikh

• Sikh Gurdwara of Rochester (2041 Dublin Road, Penfield, NY) Info Needed - http://www.geocities.com/gurdwaraworld/rochester.html
  

• Guru Ram Das Ashram, Penfield (7 Thoroughbred Trail , Penfield, NY)
  

• Guru Ram Das Ashram, Rochester (98 Southern Parkway , Rochester, NY)

Spiritualist

• Plymouth Spiritualist Church http://www.plymouthspiritualistchurch.org/ (29 Vick Park A)
  

• Note: Spiritualism was founded in Rochester.

THC Ministry

• Rochester Cannabis Ministry (www)

Unitarian Universalist

• First Unitarian Church of Rochester (220 Winton Road South)
  

• First Universalist Church of Rochester (150 South Clinton Ave.)

United Churches

• United Church of Christ (570 Klem Road)

Uniterranism

• Universal Terran Church - an outdated page created by MirlinPoplar in 2005

Wesleyan

• Penfield Wesleyan Church - 1580 File Mile Line Rd, Penfield

Zen Buddhism

• The Rochester Zen Center (7 Arnold Parkway)

Other Sites of Interest

• www.monroecc.edu/depts/sociology/pluralism/overview.htm The Rochester Pluralism Project: is no longer a valid link, but you can enter it at The Internet Archive and you will get results such as below, they stored it from 2007 and earlier: at example of pages: *Part of The Rochester Pluralism Project
  

  "Mapping Religious Diversity in the Rochester, New York Area." An ethnographic study done by MCC students, and Harvard University, with links to many of the lesser-known religious organizations in the Rochester area. Fantastically thorough and diverse.
  

• The Assisi Institute