Protestantism

Pittsburgh Region - Directories

• Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania
  http://www.casp.org/
  Serves 9 counties, 23 Christian faith traditions, 2400 congregations and over 1.5 million members by coming together for worship, cooperation in a variety of areas of ministry, and to further communication and fellowship among its members.

• The Baptist Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania
  http://www.baswp.org/
  An association responsibile for 9 counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania from I-80 in the north to the West Virginia border in the south, with a population of 3 million and only 60 Baptist churches. They provide a directory of Baptist churches in the area.
• Church of the Brethren: Western Pennsylvania District
  http://www.westernpacob.org/
  The Western PA District Church of the Brethren manages and administers the work of the district as authorized by District Conference. The District is comprised of 69 congregations and 1 fellowship.
• Church of the Nazarene: Pittsburgh District
  http://www.pghnazarene.org/
  Includes a list of district churches
• Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
  http://www.pgh.anglican.org/
  20,000 Christians in 70 multiple congregation parishes, spread over eleven counties, who also serve through numerous organizations, institutions and mission agencies.
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Allegheny Synod
  http://www.alleghenysynod.org/
  The Allegheny Synod is an area partnership of Evangelical Lutheran Church of America congregations and related organizations. Use http://www.elca.org/FindaChurch/ to find a church.
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
  http://www.southwesternpasynod.org/
  Synodical (regional) group of congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Pittsburgh Areal Lutheran Ministries
  http://www.pittarealuthmin.org/
  PALM is the regional mission, education, and ministry cooperative assembly of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

• Pittsburgh Presbytery
  http://www.pghpresbytery.org/
  The Pittsburgh Presbytery serves 153 congregations in Allegheny County and their website provides an alphabetical listing of them.
• Religious Society of Friends - Pittsburgh (Quakers)
  http://www.quaker.org/pghpamm/
  There is no set creed or belief for The Religious Society of Friends. Each person is responsible for his or her relationship with God, and the experience of each will be different.
• United Church of Christ: Find a Congregation
  http://www.ucc.org/find/
  You can search for a church throughout the US. Also available is a search for churches that are "Open and Affirming" (ONA), welcoming all people, without regard to sexual orientation, into the life and ministry of the congregation.
• Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church
  http://www.wpaumc.org/
  Includes a directory of churches.

Pennsylvania

• Epicopal Church: Diocese of Pennsylvania
  http://www.diopa.org/
  Eastern Pennsylvania.
• Laurelville Mennonite Church Center
  Camping, Conferences, and Retreats in the Laurel Highlands.
• Pennsylvania Council of Churches
  http://www.pachurches.org/
  "The Council is a community of 44 church bodies seeking to be faithful to Jesus' intention that Christians unite for Gospel mission (John 17:21). This community advocates for justice, morality and human dignity, works with at-risk young people and offers pastoral care to those in special circumstances."
  • Members

• Pennsylvania State Sunday School Association
  http://www.sundayschoolhelp.com/
  An interdenominational, non-profit organization dedicated to providing resources and training for all Sunday school and Christian education teachers and leaders. Based in Harrisburg.

United States

• Advent Christian General Conference
  http://www.adventchristian.org/
  Includes a listing of Adventist churches by state.
• African Methodist Episcopal Church
  The AMEC developed from a congregation formed by a group of Philadelphia-area slaves and former slaves who withdrew in 1787 from St. Georges's Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia because of discrimination.
• American Baptist Churches
  http://www.abcis.org/
  Includes a searchable database of churches.
• Assemblies of God
  http://ag.org/
  Includes a searchable church directory.
• Bruderhof Communities: Plough Online
  http://www.bruderhof.org/
  a group of some 2,500 men, women, and children who live together, pooling their lives, work, possessions, time, and energy. A communal Christian sect with communities in Farmington, PA: New Meadow Run Bruderhof, Spring Valley Bruderhof.
• Church of the Brethren
  The Brethren Church started in Germany but now has its strong concentrations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana.
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  http://www.elca.org/
  Includes a directory of churches that you can search or browse.
  • Find A Church
  • The Lutheran Magazine
  • Lutheran World Relief
    Lutheran World Relief works in overseas development and relief on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• The Episcopal Church USA
• International Union of Gospel Missions
  an association of 250 faith-based organizations that help the homeless and other needy inner city people.
• Mennonite
  • Goshen College (Indiana)
    • Mennonites on the Internet
  • Mennonite.net
    "Mennonite.net promotes the effective use of information technology and the Internet in the Mennonite church; promotes collaboration between and among Mennonite churches, agencies and organizations; and provides useful, cost-effective information technology services to the Mennonite church." This is a collaborative effort of Goshen College, Mennonite Mutual Aid and the broader Mennonite church.
  • The Mennonite Central Committee
    relief and development programs
• National Association of Evangelicals
  http://www.nae.net/
  Includes a listing of their member denomications.
• Presbyterian Church (USA)
  Information about the church and links to member presbyteries.
• Quaker.org: The Religious Society of Friends
  Information and resources on the Quakers, a nonviolent group of Christians.
• Southern Baptist Convention
  Represents 40,000 churches and 15.8 million members in the United States.
• United Church of Christ (UCC)
  http://www.ucc.org/
  On their website you are able to "find a congregation".
• United Methodist Church
  The Official website.
  • General Board of Global Ministries
    http://gbgm-umc.org/
    Information about the church and links to member churches hosted on their server.