The short answer
The Living Bread maps 379 Christian churches in Massachusetts, across 40 cities and towns, from open data. A growing, verifiable directory, not a complete census, so the true number is higher.The churches of Massachusetts
The traditions most recorded in the open data here include Baptist, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and many more.
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Where they are in Massachusetts
Every city in Massachusetts where the open data records a church, with how many we currently map there. Counting what is recorded, never estimating.
- Boston278 churches
- Cambridge23 churches
- Melrose6 churches
- Malden5 churches
- Everett5 churches
- Dorchester5 churches
- Belmont4 churches
- Somerville4 churches
- Winchester4 churches
- Stoneham3 churches
- South Boston3 churches
- Revere2 churches
- Needham2 churches
- Lynn2 churches
- Medford2 churches
- Arlington2 churches
- Woburn2 churches
- Chelsea2 churches
- Newton2 churches
- Wakefield2 churches
- Brookline2 churches
- Mattapan1 church
- West Newton1 church
- Chestnut Hill1 church
- Quincy1 church
- Weston1 church
- Hull1 church
- Braintree1 church
- Waltham1 church
- Jamaica Plain1 church
- North Cambridge1 church
- Saugus1 church
- Reading1 church
- Roslindale1 church
- East Boston1 church
- Allston1 church
- West Roxbury1 church
- Readville1 church
- Rehoboth1 church
- Attleboro1 church
By tradition
Of the 379 churches mapped in Massachusetts, 197 record a tradition in the open data. The rest simply do not say, and we do not guess.
- Baptist44
- Roman Catholic23
- Methodist22
- Catholic20
- Pentecostal12
- Episcopal12
- Presbyterian8
- Lutheran7
- United Church Of Christ4
- Orthodox4
- Greek Orthodox4
- Seventh-day Adventist4
- Congregational3
- Salvation Army2
- Latter-day Saints2
- Protestant2
- Jehovah's Witnesses2
- Albanian Orthodox2
Churches in other states
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