Maxatawny, Pennsylvania is a small rural community located in Berks County. Though the population of Maxatawny may not be large, there is still a strong sense of community and religious faith. The town is home to numerous local religious congregations, including Catholic, Lutheran and Evangelical churches. Each church provides a place for those in Maxatawny to come together on Sunday mornings to worship and engage in fellowship with their neighbors. These churches provide an important sense of spiritual solidarity and give members of the community opportunities to develop meaningful relationships with each other. Through these shared experiences, the townspeople are able to build bridges between different faiths and come together as one unified community.
48.4% of the people in Maxatawny township are religious:
- 0.2% are Baptist
- 0.4% are Episcopalian
- 19.1% are Catholic
- 10.4% are Lutheran
- 3.1% are Methodist
- 2.4% are Pentecostal
- 7.0% are Presbyterian
- 0.4% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 4.7% are another Christian faith
- 0.3% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.2% affilitates with Islam
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