Gulf Shores, AL, located in Baldwin County, is home to several local religious congregations. These churches include First United Methodist Church of Gulf Shores, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Each church offers its own unique services and programs to the local community. The First United Methodist Church of Gulf Shores provides an array of resources including Sunday school classes for all ages, Bible studies and youth growth opportunities. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church has weekly morning services with a traditional Anglican liturgy as well as holding summer picnics and activities for the whole family. Good Shepherd Lutheran offers Bible study classes throughout the week as well as a variety of other classes such as music and art classes. Lastly, Holy Spirit Catholic Church has weekly Masses in both English and Spanish along with special events like confessions and Eucharistic Adoration. All these churches strive to provide spiritual guidance while also welcoming people of all backgrounds into their communities to experience God’s love through fellowship and service.
55.1% of the people in Gulf Shores (zip 36542) are religious:
- 21.4% are Baptist
- 1.9% are Episcopalian
- 8.1% are Catholic
- 1.1% are Lutheran
- 8.7% are Methodist
- 5.7% are Pentecostal
- 1.8% are Presbyterian
- 0.8% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 5.5% are another Christian faith
- 0.0% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.0% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.