West Bay Shore, NY is home to several local religious congregations. The most prominent are the Catholic St. Patrick’s Church, the Episcopal Church of St. John, and the West Bay Shore Bible Church. Each offers a unique worship experience with different services and activities designed for members of all ages. All three churches offer weekly prayer meetings, Sunday services, and a variety of special events throughout the year such as retreats, mission trips, Bible studies, and youth programs. In addition to these larger churches there are several smaller congregations that meet in homes or other locations in the community. These include Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal and nondenominational churches which provide an even more intimate setting for worshippers to come together in faith each week. No matter one's faith or denomination they can find a church home within this vibrant community.
72.6% of the people in West Bay Shore are religious:
- 0.4% are Baptist
- 0.8% are Episcopalian
- 60.0% are Catholic
- 2.2% are Lutheran
- 1.7% are Methodist
- 0.8% are Pentecostal
- 1.0% are Presbyterian
- 0.2% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 2.2% are another Christian faith
- 1.4% are Judaism
- 0.4% are an eastern faith
- 1.3% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.