Churches in New York

Active churches in New York

109 E. 31st Street, New York
hopechurchnyc.org
53 sermons · 7 days ago
100 Herrmann Place, New York
nydongsan.com
23 sermons · 8 days ago
7 W 83rd St, New York
church.nyc
6 sermons
865 Madison Avenue, New York
stjames.org
3 sermons
237 West 51st Street New York, NY 10019
tsc.nyc
6 sermons
150 E 91st St, New York
redeemer.com
3 sermons
12 West 12th Street, New York
fpcnyc.org
3 sermons
55 Broadway, New York
v1.church
4 sermons
235 W 46th St, New York
hillsong.com
4 sermons
420 W 145th St, New York
conventchurch.org
2 sermons
1000 5th Avenue, New York
apostolicgospelmission.org
1 sermon
8 East 79th Street, New York
goarch.org
2 sermons
240 W. 37th Street 2nd Floor, New York
exilic.com
2 sermons

Types of churches in New York

Modern New York Churches

Many congregations meet in renovated lofts, theaters, or school auditoriums and emphasize contemporary worship, practical teaching, and strong small-group networks. They often draw young professionals and students from Williamsburg, Long Island City, the East Village, and the Financial District, with multiple service times and robust online streaming.

Historic & Liturgical

New York’s landmark sanctuaries—Gothic Revival naves, stained glass, and pipe organs—offer choral music, structured liturgy, and the full church calendar. These congregations are common in Midtown, the Upper East Side, and Brooklyn Heights, attracting worshipers who value tradition, architecture, and reverent services.

Harlem and Brooklyn Gospel Churches

Rooted in the city’s Black church heritage, these congregations feature spirited preaching, call-and-response, and choir-led worship that resonates through Harlem, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights. Many serve as community anchors with weekday food pantries, youth programs, and justice-focused outreach across Central Harlem, Flatbush, and the South Bronx.

New York Multilingual Churches

Reflecting the city’s immigrant hubs, these churches offer services in Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Haitian Creole, and more—often with rotating schedules or live translation. You’ll find them clustered in Jackson Heights, Flushing, Sunset Park, Washington Heights, and Richmond Hill, blending cultural traditions with support for new arrivals.

Sermon clips from New York churches

92s
#RefinerFire
“시련은 뭔가? 연단시키는 겁니다. 그래서 시련이란 용어는 대장장이가 쇠를 불 속에다 집어넣었을 때 불순물을 제거하는 과정을 의미한다고 합니다. 그러니깐 그런 제련 과정을 통해서 된다라고 하는 것은 될 때 하나님을 의지하는 만큼 누리게 된다라고 하는 그런데 시련 가운데 죄를 짓게 되는 것은 바로 뭔가 그게 욕심이라는 얘기예요 욕심이 잉태한즉 죄를 낳고 죄가 장성한즉 이르게 된다 시련 가운데 죄를 짓는 것은 욕심 때문이다. 지난시간도 말씀드린대로 제일 먼저 닥친 시험이 뭡니까? 선악과지요. 왜 만들어 놓았다 그랬습니까? 보게 하기 위한 열매가 선악과예요. 그런데 욕심이 잉태되기 시작하니까 하나님의 주권을 보는 게 아니고 선악과를 통해서 봄직 보이는 그런 욕심의 대상으로 선악과가 보이는 거예요. 똑같아요.”
61s
#ChooseRedemption
“``Now, ultimately, what Joseph chooses shapes and forms who he becomes, so I've been saying constantly. And so the reality is, if Joseph had chosen their justice and revenge, he would have become a tyrant. If you can show the next slide. He would have actually become a person that would have used and abused his power. And yet, what we see in the story is that he doesn't become a tyrant. He actually becomes a redeemer. Not just for himself, not just for his family, but all of Egypt and all of God's people. The person that Joseph is actually becoming, the choices that he's making through those processes of experiences shapes, forms, and actually moves him into the path of someone that God wants him to be. And here's another interesting thing. This isn't just about who God or who Joseph is becoming.”
40s
“Rejection and recognition will make you do these four things. There's probably a lot more than this, but this is just the list I got praying for you guys and and praying for this time. The first thing is it makes you perform. You hustle trying to prove you're worth keeping. Next, you please. You lose your voice trying to keep everyone happy. Then you pretend. You become whoever the room needs you to be. And then last, but certainly not least, is you begin to perish. Slowly, quietly, you lose yourself entirely because you're just living for that voice of recognition coming from man, not from the father's voice.”
33s
“Isn't that cool? There's like two voices and they're not assumed by each other but they just contribute to something, the the piece that makes it the whole. Do you hear what I mean? God is relational. God is loving and giving because God so loved he gave his son. The son gave his life for the world and God gave us the spirit so we might know and experience this same love. Always giving, always offering, always seeking relationship.”
53s
“The church, a new family born out of a shared hope in the gospel, bought by Jesus' blood, where God becomes your father and diverse peoples from different backgrounds and different cultures call each other brother and sister and share a common name, Christian, and a common life and a common mission. You see, no one who trusts in Jesus lives this life without a spiritual family. And I I hope that's a great encouragement to you if you come from a difficult family situation, if you're experiencing loneliness here in the city, or if you're estranged or just physically far away from earthly parents or brothers and sisters, in the gospel and in the church, you are not alone.”
81s
“Baptism affirms that long before we can know God, long before we can claim Jesus Christ as Lord and savior, god in Christ claims and names us. And nowhere is that truth more clearly seen than in the baptism of young children whom we call children of the covenant. By water and spirit, we are made members of church, members of the body of Christ, joined in Christ's ministry of love, peace, and justice. So today, let us remember our own baptism as we celebrate the sacrament.”
45s
“I'm helping you because in our lives, we do the right things too few times. I got my wife flowers once. Well, how long you've been married? Twenty years. I massaged her back once. Well, how long you've been married? Thirty years. I took her on a date once. Well, how long you've been married? See, we do the right thing too few times. We are changed often by the things that not the things we do once, but the things we do many times. This is why the Lord told Naaman, you need to dip in the water seven times.”
36s
“When I see the news and I see death and hurt and anger and it's everywhere, but I see it in my own life as well. Bible doesn't leave us at the point of separation from him, dysfunction that gives away. The way he came in the form of the son of God. Jesus paid the price on the cross for your sin, your death, your dysfunction, your brokenness to give us hope, forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life. That message is as true today as what it was sixty seven years ago, as what it was two thousand years ago. There is hope, and there is saving grace for every single person.”
38s
“It's gonna show that you haven't been in the presence of God. Oil can't be borrowed. Nobody can pray enough for you to sustain your own fire. It takes a believer to dig a deep well inside and say, God, it is me and you. I want a personal relationship with you. I wanna experience your faithfulness. I wanna know that you're the God that covers me, that heals me, that restores me. All of that personal revelation can't be bought, can't be copied, but it has to be coming from a personal place of devotion.”
56s
“The difference between conviction and condemnation is that conviction says, you did a bad thing, but come home. Condemnation says, you're a bad person. Go away. So I wanna stop there and and give praise to god for all he's doing for us, all he's promised to do. Yeah. And keep in mind that under kingdom laws and kingdom rulership, god has to keep his name honorable, has to keep his namesake honorable. So he's not gonna see us go poor and without what we need to survive. Amen. It's in the name of Jesus that I offer these words. Amen.”

Why New York churches are unique

As the crossroads of global migration, churches in New York mirror the city’s multilingual, multiethnic fabric, welcoming newcomers from dozens of countries each week. Congregations often offer translation and culturally resonant fellowship that span boroughs and generations, embodying multilingual worship services, intercultural and multiethnic congregations, and immigrant community support.
City density and neighborhood rhythms shape how congregations gather, from storefront sanctuaries to rented theaters and school auditoriums near major transit hubs. To fit busy schedules, many offer flexible rhythms and technology-forward connections—and worship that ranges from liturgical to contemporary—cultivating weeknight services and gatherings, small group culture, and hybrid in-person and online worship.
In a city of sharp contrasts and creative energy, New York churches often pair practical compassion with artistic expression. Partnerships with community organizations and the arts scene lead to robust community service and justice, homeless outreach and recovery programs, and arts-integrated worship and prayer that reflect the city’s public life and imagination.

Recent sermons from New York churches

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