This congregation continues to be an important part of my life. It has helped me connect to…read morelike-minded folks and make a difference in the world.

An open, accepting congregation and a warm meeting space for many community groups including…read morelaughter yoga classes, martial arts classes, PFLAG and more. A wonderful community supportive resource.

The service here is very community oriented, bible driven, and current event minded. Nice people.read more

This is a great church. Everyone is welcome here. A bible believing church. Many weekly events.read more

Local progressive church. Part of the United Church of Christ. Has a recent Pastor-hire, Rev…read moreCynthia Robinson. Family friendly and socially progressive with church taking stands of Peace and Justice issues, Gay rights and marriage (they call it open and affirming), and Enviornmental issues (they call it earth wise) with their trademark solar panels prominently on the roof. Located on E Main St right in the eastern center of downtown. Members support lots of local relief efforts such as the New Ark empowerment center and the Hope Dining Room feeding program. Active music program with choral music weekly, draws on many local resources like the UD folks. Definitely worth checking out as their philosophy of who ever you are and where ever you are on life's journey provides a very extravagant welcome.

The Journey is a wonderful place to just "be" and to "belong". The church is centered on helping…read morepeople finding Jesus and following Him fully. That sentence is lived out by so many journeyers, faithfully. The church do a great job peacefully connecting Jesus for new people to their faith as well as "seasoned followers". It is always evident at the Newark location where I attend regularly, is that love is the center between its people, even affirming and welcoming people who are still reserving their decision about faith/religion/church/belief systems. The Journey has a multi site location model pre and post Covid. Hockessin and online with another location just announced in the state of Delaware. I am blessed to be apart of a church that has brought so many wonderful memories to people I am around and also to those who have now moved on to pastures new, more wiser, more self aware, and maybe even more broken in some ways, which is a beautiful part of following The Lord. Thank you Journey for being that place for people. Pastor Mark and Susie are the goats of ministry!

My went to the Palm Sunday service. He was not happy about it at all. He said all the did was…read moretalk about and how much they wanted to raise for the new building. He said he will never get back there again because it should've been about Palm Sunday

Great loving church. Pastor Brian loves the Lord and is a very practical preacher. Members will…read moremake you feel at home. Come and enjoy worship.

I attended this church for years. We started in 2020 after they reopened their kids church…read morefollowing the pandemic. I was a newly born again Christian and we were looking for a community for myself, my husband and 5 children. At first, it seemed perfect. I got a lot out of the messages but I never really connected deeply with anyone. Any friendships I made were very superficial. It took about 2 years to find another family to really connect with, but they were also a newer family and also didn't have any deep connections there. In Dec of 2022, we decided to leave due to several things. One of them was the gap between the leaders and the congregation. The lead pastors don't seem like they really embrace the role of pastor. He says he cant possibly pastor that many people, which is true, but he uses that as an excuse to not talk to anyone outside his circle or get to know anyone else in the congregation. He makes jokes about the fact that he can't council people, but that's a huge part if being a pastor. IMO that would make one more of a preacher than an actual pastor. But I digress. I returned to this church in April of 2023 after my husband passed away. I craved to be around the few people I had grown close to, so I returned. It should have been a red flag from the beginning, but neither one of the lead pastors attended the service, or so much as called me to express their condolences. It took two months for them to say anything, and it's only because they passed by me in the hallway. At that point it was "oh I've been meaning to tell you how sorry I am..." yeah right. The sting of losing my husband was a blinder to the dysfunction of this church. In early 2024, I was struggling with addiction and I reached out to the church leadership for help. They had just started "Recovery church" which was a 12 step program being run by people who never actually worked the 12 steps. Needless to say, I didn't get the help I needed there. I managed to get a small amount of clean time, but when I relapsed again after 5 or 6 weeks, the entire church knew with 24 hours and most people stopped talking to me. "I was being given over to my sin," was the claim from leadership. There I was, a struggling widow begging for their help, and that was their approach. In reality, they had no idea how to help me. This church runs on behavior modification vs true transformation in Christ, and addiction treatment requires actual transformation in order for recovery to take place. The level of gossip that went on that led to everyone knowing overnight was sickening. It should have been another red flag when the lead pastor called the whole congregation "cowards" because everyone felt the same way but no one would confront him (that he was unapproachable and out of touch with his congregation). Yes, he really said that. Please ask him. There is so much more dysfunction that I observed here, I could probably write a small pamphlet. Ultimately I will say this: if you're looking for a beginner church where you're fed a watered down milk of a gospel, a place where you can run in and out and hide and never really have to get involved, where you'll never be progressed to actual meat of the Bible, if you don't take your walk that seriously and you have no desire to progress and find true transformation in Christ, then this place is for you. But if you're after the Gospel, the unfiltered, unadulterated Gospel of Jesus, if you want a community who will accept your brokenness just as you are, who will love you until you can learn how to properly love yourself, who will stand by you while they usher you into the presence of God for the healing you need, then you may want to try the church down the street.

True Life is an awesome place to come together and worship our Creator Jesus. The church is in a…read morewarehouse so it's not your average looking church from the outside, but once you come in you will feel at home with the decor and warm, joyous atmosphere. And they have Free Coffee!

Great community! They have such an array of activities for you to get to know people and help…read moreothers. They also have an extensive music program. It is a lovely church with a blend of traditional and modern. Everyone was very welcoming.

So much religious history here in Delaware and many of these spots have historical markers. Such as…read morethis one, which reads: "In 1813 a group of African-American Methodists formed an independent denomination known as the African Union Church. It was the first incorporated religious body in the United States controlled entirely by African-Americans. In 1866 the African Union Church was joined by the First Colored Methodist Protestant Church to form the African Union Methodist Protestant Church. Due in large part to the efforts of Reverend Edward H. Chippey (1825-1900), this denomination experienced a great period of growth in the years following the Civil War. In 1886 this site was purchased for use by church members residing in the Hockessin community. The house of worship that was built here was known as "Chippey Chapel." It was rebuilt in 1896, and the congregation was formally incorporated as Chippey A.U.M.P. Church the following year. After many years of service, the old building was demolished in 1971. Through the hard work and financial support of its members, the construction of the present church was completed in June 1972. The congregation declared its independence in 1995, and in 1996 became formally known as Chippey African Union Methodist Church."