Newbury, MA is a small town located in Essex County along the Merrimack River. Despite its size, it is home to several churches and religious congregations. The most prominent of these include the Central Congregational Church, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Newbury Baptist Church, North Parish Congregational Church, St. John's Catholic Church, Immanuel Lutheran Church, United Methodist Church of Newburyport and St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. These churches serve their local community with spiritual guidance and activities such as worship services and bible study groups. Additionally, many of them provide a variety of community outreach programs that help those in need or distressed due to economic hardship or natural disaster. All of these churches bring together people from different backgrounds and cultures to celebrate faith through service and fellowship in Newbury, MA.
57.7% of the people in Newbury are religious:
- 0.8% are Baptist
- 1.6% are Episcopalian
- 48.1% are Catholic
- 0.4% are Lutheran
- 0.7% are Methodist
- 0.9% are Pentecostal
- 1.9% are Presbyterian
- 0.3% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 1.3% are another Christian faith
- 1.2% are Judaism
- 0.2% are an eastern faith
- 0.1% affilitates with Islam
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