This church has two Sunday services at 9am and 10:45am and have more liturgical elements than most…read moreAmerican evangelical churches but fewer than a mainline church. The service focuses on singing songs accompanied by a small band, reading passages from the Bible, and a message from one of the pastors which is about 30 minutes long and based on one of the scriptural passages. The congregation is fairly diverse in ages and generation. I don't have kids, but there are a lot of children here and the church provides childcare and nursery care if that is important.

Outstanding liturgy in every respect. Great preaching. Meaningful, expressive music. Carefull…read moreattention to the liturgy, the readings, the worship aid. This is a friendly community of real Christians. "Where the liturgy lives and Christ welcomes all" is their motto. They live up to it in every respect.

From the owner: Located in the heart of the UW-Madison university, Luther Memorial Church is an intergenerational,…read moreELCA Lutheran community in which people of faith and reason come to worship, study, pray and serve.

This is beautiful Holy Redeemer Church, which was built in the 1860s and is the oldest extant…read moreCatholic church in Madison, and is today part of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish, which has four church building (the other churches of the parish are Saint Patrick Church on East Main Street, where the parish office currently is, Saint James Church off of Mills Street sort of behind Meriter Hospital where there is also a parish school, and Saint Joseph Church south of the beltline). Holy Redeemer Church has very thick fieldstone walls with rubble fill like a medieval castle, and looks quite picturesque near the intersection of West Johnson and State Street; the interior is also quite beautiful and traditional. A Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration prayer chapel is open daily on the lower level of Holy Redeemer Church, you enter through the parking lot side of the building and turn left. The focus of this chapel is the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, people come here to visit Jesus. Anyone may visit, rules are posted for maintaining the reverence of this place of silent personal prayer. At the time that I'm writing this Holy Redeemer Church is used 24 hours a day as the site of the Adoration Chapel, and there is one scheduled Mass per week, 8 am on Saturdays. That's not a Sunday Mass, all Sunday Masses are currently at St James or St Joseph Churches and complete information about Sunday and weekday daily Masses can be found on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish website, https://www.guadalupemadison.org/ . I go to Sunday Mass at St James and weekday Masses at St Patrick's, as well as Saturday morning at Holy Redeemer. There are Spanish as well as English Masses--the Spanish Masses are largely at St Joseph right now. Definitely check the parish website for up to date information. Normally confessions are heard before every Mass, which makes it so much easier to go to Confession. I live in the neighborhood and am a longtime parishioner. If you live on the Isthmus or Fitchburg you probably live in our parish's territory-- please come and worship with us. Saint Raphael's Church was Madison's first Catholic church, and became the Cathedral when the Catholic Diocese (bishopric) of Madison was formed in 1946, but it burnt down by arson in 2005 and a Stations of the Cross garden now stands on its site. Whereas Saint Raphael's had a predominately Irish congregation, Holy Redeemer was built by the German Catholic immigrants. High up in its front facade, amidst chunks of local sandstone-limestone there is a carved white marble plaque reading "Domus Dei et Porta Caeli," meaning House of God and Gate of Heaven in Latin. After the destruction of Saint Raphael's, the nearby downtown parishes of Holy Redeemer and Saint Patrick's merged under the name the Cathedral Parish of Saint Raphael, serving as the temporary seat of the Bishop of Madison. More recently a different Cathedral church was designated, which is Saint Bernard's on Atwood Avenue, and thus the downtown parish was no longer the "Cathedral Parish." Saint Bernard's is now the official "seat" of the bishop's leadership of the Church in southwest Wisconsin. A new diocese-wide parish reorganization clustered four different churches, Holy Redeemer, Saint Patrick's, Saint James, and Saint Joseph into the current Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. This name, a beloved Mexican title for Jesus' mother Mary, is fitting because today more than half of our parish's attendees are Hispanic. The latest reorganization was not due to any severe priest shortage; the larger cluster of churches is served by a team of several priests, most of them bilingual including our current main pastor Father Drew Olsen. In 2019 major restoration work was done to the exterior walls of the church, including replacing eroded local sandstone-limestone. In May of 2024 Holy Redeemer Church's wooden steeple caught fire after being struck by lightning. The building was saved thanks to the Madison Fire Department, this loss was covered by instance and a new metal-framed steeple, replicating the appearance of the original complete with a large clock, was installed in the fall of 2025. People in the neighborhood should join us for Mass at St James or Saint Joseph Church on Sundays. When or whether Sunday Mass will return to Holy Redeemer Church is unclear right now--I really think Mass needs to be available in the middle of downtown (though there is one at Saint Paul's on the University Campus, primarily intended for students) but the issue is that they wanted to consolidate people at St James for community building purposes. The Adoration Chapel at Holy Redeemer Church remains a real blessing to have in the neighborhood, that you can visit anytime.

This is not a place to go if you care about your physical health. I came there for the 9am Mass…read moreand most of the people around me were not wearing masks including a person who plopped down right beside me. I decided not to stick around to see how unsanitary the distribution of Communion would be. Even the man who appeared to be the head usher was maskless and coughing. Yuck and gross!

My family has been coming to City Church since 2013 when we moved to Madison…read more At first it was a little overwhelming, since it was such a big church, however, we found the little church feel within. City church is a come as you are church, there is no pressure to be anything more than you are. Greeted at the doors by friendly people who can answer questions and help, as well as coffee and the occasional snack bar set up before church. There are three Sunday services 8:30 am, 11:00, and 6:00 PM all have there own special flare! If you wanted to check the church out before walking in, feel free to Google City Church for the live Sunday morning sermon. Pastor Tom is amazing, as are so many of our pastoral staff! There is an amazing women's ministry and men's worship. I am adding photos for this week, as we have our missionaries in town. Even more activities and plenty for all ages!

I don't know what the other review is talking about in it being a bad church. I know about the…read morescandal with the hand picked pastor, and know them personally. The family recovered. Christianity is not for perfect people. That said, this church is one of the most loving, and compassionate places ever. I'm 37 now, but joined when I was 7. That church body, and the pastors it has had through the years saw me through many rough spots in my life. And my son is going to go to the school That school has an accelerated program, and sends their students to colleges all across the country, including Ivy league, and MIT. I really don't know where this other person gets their info from. I never heard of them trying to become a super church. They have a couple thousand members. But many of those members are loyal, and even when they leave have fond memories. Bad things happen, but Pastor Tom Flaherty who is the pastor there now has been with it off and on for years. And he has steadied the church like an old sea captain in rough seas. If your spirit is dry, and needs to be quenched, City Church, formerly MGT/Lake City, is the place for you!

Grace episcopal Church off West Washington is an extraordinary place…read more Not only do they host a food bank for impoverished and homeless people, during the day they allow the dance community to host dance events some evenings. Luis Armacanqui's Capitol Social provide Sanctuary Socials Latin dance lessons and socials in this wholesome environment with a large clean dance floor. People of all ages range come together for the beautiful art expression of dance. We typically dance DJ music sometimes dance to live music. Bring your water bottles, a positive attitude, bring snacks to share, bring your smiles. Dress up or dress down it won't be held against you . Check out Capitol Social on Facebook to find out when the next sanctuary social is.

This beautiful church was designed by James Douglas who has also designed a number of other…read morechurches and homes in the Milwaukee area. It was built in 1855 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. If you're here checking out the Capitol, this building is just on the west side of Capitol Square and worth a look. [Review 17181 overall - 192 in Wisconsin - 698 of 2022.]

Tammy and Jesse's home church was fantastic ...we happened to stop in on celebration Sunday…read more Free food, rock climbing, face painting, live music inside and outside, inflatables, friendly people, sunny day, cool temps and more made this a visit to remember. Don't worry, we'll understand on our next visit if all the goodies are not included. Sharing our faith was the best part of the visit!

Do you realize how frustrating it is for someone coming to church for the first time, to hear a…read morepaster spending the entire service preaching about money. Needing more and more to fill a 2,000,000 budget? I under stand the fact a church need to sustain it self from offerings, but come on... I've never seen anything like this! Absolutely ridiculous. If it was up to paster Mark he would charge people $10 at the door to come in.

Beautiful little country style church nestled into a historic residential neighborhood and filled…read morewith amazing people. Leading the church is a very charismatic 30 something female pastor and a 20 something female deacon. Trinity is known for it's welcoming attitude, it's brilliant and warm pastor, and for it's small 'like family' congregation. Come and join in. You won't regret it. Services are at 10 am on Sundays. Very small parking lot, expect to find a spot on the street. http://tumcmadison.org

I recently moved Madison from Chicago and was looking for a home church. I did some church shopping…read morewent to several other reconciling and welcoming church but found that Trinity UMC is where I wanted and needed to be. Not only are the welcoming and reconciling but also very friendly, loving, and progressive in my view. If you want to get lost in a crowd at a church this not the church for you...lol If you seek connections, community, conversation and participation then this is the church for you! So come join us on Sundays at 9:00A for Adult Sunday School and worship at 10:00A.

This is the friendliest Church I ever attended! So family oriented and the pastors messages are…read moregreat. There is a traditional music service at 9AM and a contemporary music service at 10:30AM. Plus they Sunday School for the kids at both services.

From the owner: Expanding the Kingdom of God by inviting others to explore the faith, experience God, and extend…read moreservice to others in the name of Jesus Christ.