Benson, PA is a small rural town located in southwestern Pennsylvania with a population of approximately 1,000 people. As the community is quite small, there are only a few religious congregations in Benson. Among these churches are two Methodist churches, one Presbyterian church and one Catholic church. Each congregation provides its members with spiritual guidance in their daily lives as well as providing worship services on Sundays and other occasions. The churches also serve as social places to gather for residents of the town and provide outreach programs such as clothing drives, food drives, disaster relief, and more. These churches provide an important sense of community that supports the people of Benson during challenging times while allowing them to practice their faith openly and freely.
58.7% of the people in Benson are religious:
- 0.1% are Baptist
- 0.1% are Episcopalian
- 13.6% are Catholic
- 13.8% are Lutheran
- 9.0% are Methodist
- 1.7% are Pentecostal
- 5.0% are Presbyterian
- 0.3% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 14.1% are another Christian faith
- 0.0% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 1.0% affilitates with Islam
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