Are you looking for a progressive church near you? 👋 We’re Nate & Shelby Hanson and we host a podcast and community for those who are deconstructing or changing in their relationship to God, the Bible and church. (You can listen to the show here! or with the sample below.)
One of the most frequent questions we receive is “Do you know of any progressive Christian churches near me?” Many listeners of Almost Heretical are deconstructing christianity yet still want to attend church. Many others do not want to attend church at this time or ever again. It can be so hard to find a church within progressive Christianity that meets really important requirements like being LGBTQ+ affirming, having women in leadership and being open to doubt and disbelief. We wanted to provide an ever-growing list of progressive churches that listeners have attended that might be a good fit for you.
Note: This is not a personal endorsement from Nate & Shelby for any of these churches. Please let us know if any of these churches shouldn’t be on this list or should have a star!
Churches with a ⭐ are churches that support deconstruction, questioning and disbelief.
Progressive churches near me in:
Alabama
- Beloved Community Church (Birmingham)
Arizona
- Aldea Spiritual Community (Tuscon)
Arkansas
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Fayetteville)
- All Saints’ Episcopal Church (Bentonville)
California
- Crosswalk Community Church (Napa)
- The Oceanside Sanctuary (Oceanside) ⭐
- First Baptist Church Pasadena (Pasadena) ⭐
- Parkside Community Church (Sacramento)
- Way Collective (Santa Barbara)
- Sojourn Grace Collective (San Diego)
- City Church (San Francisco)
- UMC Vista (Vista)
- Liminal Church of Ventura (Ventura)
Colorado
- Left Hand Community Church (Longmont)
- Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church (Colorado Springs)
- Denver Community Church (Denver) ⭐
Florida
- Faith United Church of Christ (Dunedin)
- Different Church (St. Petersburg) ⭐
- Suncoast Community Church (Sarasota) ⭐
- Unitarian Universalist Church (Sarasota) ⭐
Georgia
- Vinings Lake Church (Mableton) ⭐
Hawaii
- Church of the Crossroads (Honolulu)
Idaho
- Southminster Presbyterian Church (Boise)
Illinois
- Grace Lutheran Church-Evanston (Evanston) ⭐
- Flossmoor Community Church (Flossmoor)
- Imago Dei (Peoria)
- LaSalle Street Church (Chicago)
- Brown Line Church (Chicago)
- St. John’s Lutheran Church (Wilmette) ⭐
Indiana
- Goshen City Church of the Brethren (Goshen) ⭐
- LifeJourney Church (Indianapolis)
Kansas
- Shawnee Community Christian Church (Shawnee)
Kentucky
- Middletown Christian Church (Louisville)
Louisiana
- Church for the Highlands (Shreveport)
Massachusetts
- First Church in Jamaica Plain (Jamaica Plain)
Minnesota
- Neighborhood Church (Cloquet)
- Awaken West Seventh (Saint Paul)
- Bloom (Saint Paul) ⭐
Missouri
- The Venues (Springfield) ⭐
- Brentwood Christian Church (Springfield)
- Broadway Church (Kansas City)
Nebraska
- Saint Paul UMC (Lincoln) ⭐
New Jersey
- Circle of Hope (Pennsauken)
New Mexico
- Rising Sun Christian Community (Albuquerque) ⭐
New York
- The Park Church (Elmira) ⭐
- Common Ground (New York)
- Good Shepherd (New York) ⭐
- Not So Churchy (New York)
- Artisan Church (Rochester)
North Carolina
- Jesus People (Asheville)
- Watershed (Charlotte)
- Common Thread Church (Raleigh) ⭐
- St. Pauls United Methodist Church (St. Paul) ⭐
South Carolina
- August Heights (Greenville)
Ohio
- Christ Church Cathedral (Cincinnati) ⭐
Oklahoma
- North Haven Church (Norman)
Oregon
- Cascade Church (Portland) ⭐
- Pearl Church (Portland) ⭐
Pennsylvania
- Calvary Lutheran (Laureldale)
- Circle of Hope (Philadelphia)
- Germantown Mennonite Church (Philadelphia)
- Mosaic (Philadelphia)
- Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (West Chester)
Tennessee
- Unity Church of the Cumberlands (Cookeville)
- Glendale United Methodist Church ⭐ (Nashville)
- GracePointe (Nashville)
- Spero Dei (Nashville) ⭐
Texas
- Austin New Church (Austin) ⭐
- Journey Imperfect Faith Community (Austin)
- Restore Austin (Austin) ⭐
- Vox Veniae (Austin)
- East Dallas Christian Church (Dallas)
- New Church (Dallas) ⭐
- Wood Street Worship (Dallas) ⭐
- Galileo (Fort Worth) ⭐
- The Table (Sache) ⭐
Utah
- Recovery Worship (Salt Lake City)
Virginia
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church (McLean) ⭐
Washington
- Wayside United Church of Christ (Federal Way)
- Valley & Mountain (Seattle)
- First Church (Seattle)
- Bar Church (Seattle)
- Creator’s Table (Spokane) ⭐
- Veradale United Church of Christ (Spokane)
Washington, D.C.
International progressive churches near me in:
Australia
- Ashburton Baptist (Melbourne)
Canada
- Sugarbush Christian Church (Guelph, Ontario) ⭐