Saddle Brook, NJ is home to a wide variety of religious congregations, ranging from Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches, to Jewish synagogues and Islamic mosques. Among the most prominent of these are The Church of Ascension, St. Philip's Orthodox Church, Congregation Ahavat Olam, and Masjid Al-Khidr. The Church of Ascension is a Roman Catholic church which serves the local community with mass services, sacramental ministries, devotional activities and various spiritual events. St. Philips Orthodox Church offers worship services in both English and Slavonic languages as well as an active youth ministry program. Congregation Ahavat Olam is a Jewish synagogue located in Saddle Brook which provides weekly Jewish studies classes for adults as well as activities for children on the Sabbath such as prayer services and Torah study classes. Finally, Masjid Al-Khidr is an Islamic mosque that offers multiple weekly prayer sessions and educational programs for its members. All of these religious institutions serve to provide spiritual guidance to their parishioners and uphold the core values of their respective religions in Saddle Brook.
65.1% of the people in Saddle Brook (zip 07663) are religious:
- 1.0% are Baptist
- 0.9% are Episcopalian
- 49.6% are Catholic
- 1.1% are Lutheran
- 1.2% are Methodist
- 0.6% are Pentecostal
- 2.5% are Presbyterian
- 0.2% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 2.1% are another Christian faith
- 4.3% are Judaism
- 0.9% are an eastern faith
- 0.5% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.