<Tr> <Td> Mission San Juan Capistrano </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Juan Capistrano </Td> <Td> CA </Td> <Td> 1782 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyandot Mission Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Upper Sandusky </Td> <Td> OH </Td> <Td> 1824 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> The oldest Methodist mission church in America </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral of San Juan Bautista </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Juan, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1521 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> The oldest continuous church congregation in a (non incorporated) territory of the US . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St. Augustine, Florida </Td> <Td> FL </Td> <Td> 1565 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> Oldest parish in continuous existence in the United States of America . Parish established September 8, 1565, as San Agustin de La Florida, by Spanish conqueror Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles . Parish records since 1594 available in the Archives of the Diocese of St. Augustine . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> San Juan Bautista Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ohkay Owingeh (formerly, San Juan Pueblo) </Td> <Td> NM </Td> <Td> 1598 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> Oldest Native American congregation in the United States, and one of the oldest congregations in the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. John's Episcopal Church (Hampton, Virginia) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hampton, Virginia </Td> <Td> VA </Td> <Td> 1610 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest English - speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America, current building from 1728 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Parish Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> West Barnstable, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1616 </Td> <Td> United Church of Christ </Td> <Td> Oldest church congregation on Cape Cod . Founded in 1616 in England by Rev. Henry Jacob by breaking with the Church of England . The second Pastor, Rev. John Lothrop, and 32 followers were imprisoned in 1632 by the Crown, and then released in 1634 on condition that they leave England . In 1639 Lothrop and 22 families found the town of Barstable . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Parish Church in Plymouth </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Plymouth, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1620 </Td> <Td> Originally Separatist (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist </Td> <Td> - </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marble Collegiate Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York, New York </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1628 </Td> <Td> Reformed and United Church of Christ </Td> <Td> Oldest church congregation in New York State (building from 1854) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Church in Salem </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Salem, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1629 </Td> <Td> Originally Puritan (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist </Td> <Td> First Puritan Church in North America and second Congregational Church in America . Building constructed in 1838 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Church in Boston </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Boston, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1630 </Td> <Td> Originally Puritan (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist </Td> <Td> Oldest congregation in Boston, Massachusetts (building from 1968) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Parish Watertown (Watertown, Massachusetts) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Watertown, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1630 </Td> <Td> Originally Puritan (Calvinist) Congregational, now Unitarian Universalist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christ Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stevensville, Maryland </Td> <Td> MD </Td> <Td> 1631 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest congregation in Maryland, building from 1880 pictured . (current building from 1995) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Parish Church (Dover, New Hampshire) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dover, New Hampshire </Td> <Td> NH </Td> <Td> 1632 </Td> <Td> Congregational </Td> <Td> Oldest congregation in New Hampshire (current building from 1825). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Center Church <P> (The First Church of Christ in Hartford) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hartford, Connecticut </Td> <Td> CT </Td> <Td> 1632 </Td> <Td> Congregational </Td> <Td> Oldest congregation in Connecticut (current building from 1807) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Baptist Church in America </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Providence, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1638 </Td> <Td> Baptist </Td> <Td> First Baptist Church founded in America, oldest church congregation in Rhode Island, oldest Baptist congregation in America (building from 1775) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Church, Sandwich Massachusetts </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sandwich, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1638 </Td> <Td> Congregational church </Td> <Td> First Congregational Church founded in Cape Cod by Mayflower Pilgrims, second oldest church congregation in Cape Cod (building from 1848) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Church in Albany </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Albany, New York </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1642 </Td> <Td> Reformed </Td> <Td> Established in 1642 to serve the Dutch inhabitants of the patroonship of Rensselaerswyck . (building from 1790s) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York, New York </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1662 </Td> <Td> Presbyterian </Td> <Td> Oldest Presbyterian church congregation in continuous existence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Congregational Church of Greenwich </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Greenwich, CT </Td> <Td> CT </Td> <Td> 1665 </Td> <Td> Congregational </Td> <Td> Oldest congregation in Greenwich (wooden buildings in 1667, 1694, 1735 and 1835 . Present stone building in 1896 .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charleston, SC </Td> <Td> SC </Td> <Td> 1681 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal Congregation south of Virginia, present church building 1838 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> King's Chapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Boston, MA </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1686 </Td> <Td> Unitarian Christian </Td> <Td> Oldest continually used religious site in Boston, present church building 1754 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brandywine Baptist Church (Chadds Ford, PA) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chadds Ford, PA </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1692 </Td> <Td> Baptist </Td> <Td> Oldest Baptist Church in America West of Philadelphia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1692 </Td> <Td> Presbyterian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christ Church, Philadelphia </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1695 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal congregation in Pennsylvania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Parish Church (Waltham, Massachusetts) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Waltham, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> MA </Td> <Td> 1696 </Td> <Td> Unitarian Universalist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trinity Church, New York </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York, NY </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1697 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Chartered by King William III in 1697 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trinity Church, Newport </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Newport, Rhode Island </Td> <Td> RI </Td> <Td> 1698 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal Parish in Rhode Island </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Thomas, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1698 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> One of the oldest Episcopal churches in the US . Current building is the fourth . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Perth Amboy, New Jersey) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Perth Amboy, New Jersey </Td> <Td> NJ </Td> <Td> 1698 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal parish in New Jersey (current building from 1849). Graveyard contains the oldest gravestone in New Jersey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ste . Anne de Detroit, Detroit, Michigan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Detroit, Michigan </Td> <Td> MI </Td> <Td> 1701 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> Founded in 1701 two days after the founding of Detroit . Current building from 1886 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Swedesboro, New Jersey </Td> <Td> NJ </Td> <Td> 1703 </Td> <Td> Episcopal (originally Swedish Lutheran) </Td> <Td> First Swedish congregation in New Jersey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trinity Episcopal Church (Woodbridge, New Jersey) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Woodbridge, New Jersey </Td> <Td> NJ </Td> <Td> 1703 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> One of the 1703 Episcopal parishes in New Jersey (current building from 1861) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Michael's Church, Trenton, New Jersey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Trenton, New Jersey </Td> <Td> NJ </Td> <Td> 1703 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> One of the 1703 Episcopal parishes in New Jersey (current building from 1810) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burlington, New Jersey </Td> <Td> NJ </Td> <Td> 1703 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> One of the 1703 Episcopal parishes in New Jersey (oldest Episcopal church building in New Jersey) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Old St. Joseph's Parish </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1733 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> Oldest Catholic congregation in Pennsylvania . Present church building opened in 1757 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Most Blessed Sacrament Parish </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bally, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1741 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> Oldest RC Church in Pennsylvania still in continuous use in original building, originally named St. Paul's Chapel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Congaree Baptist Church (Gadsden, South Carolina) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gadsden, SC </Td> <Td> SC </Td> <Td> 1765 </Td> <Td> Baptist </Td> <Td> Second oldest Baptist congregation in South Carolina (current building constructed in 1810) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Street Methodist Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York City </Td> <Td> NY </Td> <Td> 1766 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> The congregation is the oldest Methodist congregation in North America, founded on October 12, 1766 as the Wesleyan Society in America (building built in 1841) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> St. George's Methodist Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> Oldest Methodist church building in continuous use in the United States (congregation founded in 1767) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barratt's Chapel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kent County, Delaware </Td> <Td> Delaware </Td> <Td> 1780 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> oldest surviving church building in the United States built by and for Methodists </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chester - Bethel Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wilmington, Delaware </Td> <Td> Delaware </Td> <Td> 1780 </Td> <Td> Methodist </Td> <Td> Oldest Methodist congregation that has continuously gathered in the state of DE (building from 1873). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mother Bethel AME Church </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia </Td> <Td> PA </Td> <Td> 1794 </Td> <Td> African Methodist Episcopal (AME) </Td> <Td> AME Church and denomination (1816) founded in Philadelphia; oldest congregation in the United States (building from 1890) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral Church of St. Paul </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Detroit </Td> <Td> MI </Td> <Td> 1824 </Td> <Td> Episcopal </Td> <Td> Oldest Episcopal congregation in Michigan (present building from 1907) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Cathedral of San Juan Bautista </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> San Juan, Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> PR </Td> <Td> 1521 </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic </Td> <Td> The oldest continuous church congregation in a (non incorporated) territory of the US . </Td> </Tr>

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