Please note: The list of faith communities near HDS on this page is not exhaustive. It includes traditions commonly represented in the student body of HDS and a few of the faith communities in which HDS students often participate. To expand your search, you may also visit the Pluralism Project's Directory, the HDS Field Education Handbook, and/or denominational web directories. If you are an HDS student seeking a faith community to fit your particular needs and background, the director of religious and spiritual life, Kerry Maloney, is available for consultation, as are the denominational counselors through the Office of Ministry Studies. Finally, please note that the sites below are maintained by organizations external to Harvard Divinity School, and their inclusion here does not necessarily imply endorsement.
| Affiliation |
Nearby Community |
| African Methodist Episcopal |
St. Paul AME Church |
| Baptist |
Old Cambridge Baptist (ABC) |
| Buddhist |
Harvard Buddhist Community Cambridge Buddhist Association Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Cambridge Zen Center |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Hope Central Church (DOC/UCC) |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Church of Jesus Christ, LDS. The LDS congregations closest to HDS currently worship at St. John's Chapel, Episcopal Divinity School. Sundays, 10 am, 1 pm, and 2 pm. More info at the Meetinghouse directory at www.lds.org. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Park Street Church (CCCC) |
| Episcopal/Anglican |
Christ Church Cambridge Society of Saint John the Evangelist The Crossing |
| Hindu |
Dharma: Harvard’s Hindu Student Association Sri Lakshmi Temple |
| Humanist, Secular, Agnostic |
Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard |
| Jewish |
Harvard Hillel (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Worship/Study, Tehillah) Cambridge Minyan Congregation Eita Chayem (Reform) Minyan Tehillah (Egalitarian Orthodox) Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative) |
| Lutheran |
University Lutheran Church (ELCA) |
| Methodist |
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church (UMC) |
| Muslim |
Harvard Islamic Society Islamic Society of Boston (Cambridge) Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (Roxbury) |
| Orthodox Christian |
St. Mary Orthodox Church |
| Pentecostal |
Pentecostal Tabernacle |
| Presbyterian |
First United Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Fourth Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) |
| Protestant Christian, Interdenominational |
The Memorial Church of Harvard University |
| Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) |
Friends Meeting at Cambridge |
| Roman Catholic |
Saint Paul Catholic Church The Paulist Center Boston |
| Sikh |
Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar |
| United Church of Christ |
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational UCC Hope Central Church (DOC/UCC) |
| Unitarian Universalist Association |
First Parish Cambridge |
| Vineyard USA |
Vineyard Christian Fellowship Greater Boston |