Merritt Island, FL, located in Brevard County, is home to a diverse array of religious congregations. These include Baptist, non-denominational Christian, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Each church offers its congregation members a variety of programs and activities for their spiritual growth. The churches provide Bible studies, Sunday School classes and a variety of other events. These churches also offer outreach and service opportunities to the broader community through food drives, clothing drives and other charity initiatives. Those interested in exploring faith can easily find a place of worship that matches their beliefs or just come together as part of the larger community to celebrate commonalities among us all.
35.0% of the people in Merritt Island (zip 32952) are religious:
- 5.5% are Baptist
- 0.6% are Episcopalian
- 12.2% are Catholic
- 1.2% are Lutheran
- 4.0% are Methodist
- 1.0% are Pentecostal
- 1.3% are Presbyterian
- 1.0% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 7.1% are another Christian faith
- 0.1% are Judaism
- 0.2% are an eastern faith
- 0.8% affilitates with Islam
DID YOU KNOW
According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.