The following places of religious and spiritual practice are accessible by walking or taking public transportation from Emerson's Boston campus. The sites listed under LGBTQIA+ are among those who have publicly welcomed LGBTQIA+ people. This resource page is not meant to fully represent the numerous places of worship and practice in the Boston area. Please reach out to Emerson's Center for Spiritual Life at spiritual_life [at] emerson.edu (spiritual_life[at]emerson[dot]edu) for more information.
For LGBTQIA+
Please reference our list of LGBTQIA+ friendly places of worship.
Baptist
First Baptist Church
110 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
1151 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Buddhist
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
331 Broadway, Cambridge
Cambridge Zen Center
199 Auburn Street, Cambridge
Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston
646 Brookline Avenue, Boston
Catholic
St. Anthony Shrine
100 Arch Street, Boston
The Catholic Center at Northeastern University
68 St. Stephen Street, Boston
The Paulist Center
5 Park Street, Boston
Christian Science
Christian Science Church
175 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Episcopal
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street, Boston
Church of the Advent
30 Brimmer Street, Boston
Trinity Church
206 Clarendon Street, Boston
Evangelical
Boston Chinese Evangelical Church
249 Harrison Avenue, Boston
Greek Orthodox
Saint John the Baptist Hellenic Orthodox Church
15 Union Park Street, Boston
Hindu
ISKON Boston
72 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston
407R Mystic Avenue, Medford
Humanist
Humanist Hub
30 JFK Street, Cambridge
Interfaith
The Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street, Boston
Jewish
The Boston Synagogue (trans-denominational)
55 Martha Road, Boston
Temple Israel (Reform)
477 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Kehillath Israel (Conservative)
384 Harvard Avenue, Brookline
617-277-9155
Boston University Hillel (Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative)
213 Bay State Road, Boston
Lutheran
The First Lutheran Church
299 Berkeley Street, Boston
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge
Methodist
Old West Church
131 Cambridge Street, Boston
Union Church
485 Columbus Avenue, Boston
Muslim
Dar Al-Islam
meets at Cathedral Church of St. Pauls for Friday Juma'a
138 Tremont Street, Boston
Islamic Center of New England
470 South Street, Quincy
Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center
100 Malcom X Boulevard, Roxbury
Masjid Al-Quran
35 Intervale Street, Dorchester
Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury Street, Boston
Quaker
Beacon Hill Friends House
6 Chestnut Street, Boston
Friends Meeting in Cambridge
5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge
Sikh
Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Boston
10 Thorndike Street, Everett
Seventh-Day Adventist
Seventh-Day Adventist Center
645 Boylston Street, Boston
Unitarian Universalist
Arlington Street Church
351 Boylston Street, Boston
First Church in Boston
66 Malborough Street, Boston
First Parish in Cambridge
3 Church Street, Cambridge