Cumberland County ME Church Records
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Churches in Cumberland County in 1926
In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 164 churches listed here reported from Cumberland County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.
Bailey's Island
Bailey's Island Church – Non-denominational., Maine Conference - Portland District. Pastor: Fred M. Staples
Baldwin
North Baldwin Branch, Steep Falls Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland Association. Pastor: Chas. A. Gifford
Blue Point
First Christian Church, Blue Point – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), York and Cumberland
Bridgton
Bridgton – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Portland. Pastor: J. E. Redden
Bridgton M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: E. F. Dougherty
First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Union Association. Pastor: William Alfred Richmond
Brunswick
1st Brunswick – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham Conference
Berean Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham Association. Pastor: Harvey H. Bishop
First Parish Church – Congregational Churches, Cumberland North Conference. Pastor: Thompson Eldridge Ashby
First Universalist Church – Universalist Church. Pastor: James Francis Albion
St. John the Baptist – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: E. Vinas
Casco
Unnamed congregation – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Falmouth Q.M.
Casco Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Baptist Cumberland. Pastor: Irving W. Kemp
Webb's Mills, Me. – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland United Baptist Ass'n
Chebeague Island
Chebeague Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Anthony E. Roberts
Cliff Island
Unnamed congregation – Seventh-day Adventist, New England Conf. Pastor: W. A. Bickford
Cumberland
Cumberland – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Burton A. Lucas
Tuttle Road M.E. - Cumberland – Methodist Episcopal Church, Portland District - Maine Conference. Pastor: John G. P. Sherburne
E. Baldwin
East Baldwin Congregational – Congregational Churches
East Brunswick
East Brunswick Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham Association
Falmouth
Unnamed congregation – Seventh-day Adventist, New England Conf.
Emaus Lutheran Church – United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, United Danish Ev. Lutheran Church of America, Atlantic District
Falmouth & Cumberland Foresides, M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Charles B. Sinden
First-Falmouth – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Association. Pastor: C. M. Harding
Second Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Association. Pastor: Bruce E. Jordan
Freeport
Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: 1st Reader Guy H. Soule, 2nd Reader Ruth Ridley
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham. Pastor: C. D. Hazelton
First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Cumberland North Association. Pastor: William L. Graham
First Universalist – Universalist Church
Freeport Free Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham
Gorham
First Parish Cong'l – Congregational Churches, Cumberland County Assn. Pastor: W. Stanley Carne
North Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: J. Ernest Fairchild
School Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: T. Everett Fairchild
White Rock – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland United Baptist. Pastor: Margaret Koch
Gray
First Congregational – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Herbert L. McCann
First Free Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Maine United Baptist Convention, Cumberland Assn. Pastor: Chas. H. Berry
Harpswell
Cundy's Harbor, Nazarene Church – Church of the Nazarene, New England Dist. Pastor: David Jenkins
Harpswell Congregational – Congregational Churches, Cumberland North Association of Ministers and Churches
Orr's Island – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham United Baptist Assn
West Harpswell – Northern Baptist Convention, Bowdoinham. Pastor: Williams Amos
Harrison
Calvary Community Church – Independent Churches
Calvary Community Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland Assn. Pastor: L. W. Witham
Finnish – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Lauri Merttinen
Harrison Ev. Luth. Church – Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, or Suomi Synod, Suomi Synod. Pastor: Bruno Vuorios
Long Island
Long Island – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: E. Lincoln Bigelow
Stations – Roman Catholic Church, Portland
Naples
Naples – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Alexander Stewart
New Gloucester
First Congregational – Congregational Churches. Pastor: H. C. Worthley
First Free Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Maine United Baptist Convention. Pastor: Charles H. Berry
Sabbathday Lake, Shakers – United Society of Believers (Shakers). Pastor: Wm. Dumont
No. Bridgton
North Bridgton Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Union Association. Pastor: L. W. Witham
North Windham
Union Church of Christ – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Association of Cong'l Churches. Pastor: James E. Atkins
North Yarmouth
First Parish Congregational – Congregational Churches, Cumberland North Association. Pastor: Malinda J. Fradwell
Orrs Island
Orr's Island Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Conference - Portland District. Pastor: Fred M. Staples
Otisfield
East Otisfield – Northern Baptist Convention, Oxford Assn. Pastor: D. L. Joslin Supply
Otisfield Cong. – Congregational Churches, Union Conference
Portland
Unnamed congregation – Church of Armenia in America, We have no church here
Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine
Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: William H. Varney
Unnamed congregation – Seventh-day Adventist, New England Conf. Pastor: W. O. Howe
A.M.E. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New England Conference. Pastor: E. Horace Brown
All Souls – Universalist Church, Maine State Convention. Pastor: Burton R. Gibbs
Bible Chapel – Unitarians. Pastor: A. G. Pettengill
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: Geo. P. Johnson
Central Square Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention. Pastor: Ferdinand F. Peterson
Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: Ralph Wainman Stoody
Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: J. Edward Boyd
Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Virgil F. Smith 1/2 year
Church of the Messiah – Universalist Church. Pastor: Crawford A. Smith
Congress St. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Conference, Portland District. Pastor: H. G. McCann
Falmouth Monthly Meeting Of Friends – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Yearly Meeting of Friends for New England - Sandwich Q.M. Pastor: Alfred T. Ware
First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, United Baptist Convention of Maine
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Lutheran Church – Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Eastern Dist. Pastor: Andr. Bersagel
First Universalist Society – Universalist Church. Pastor: James W. Vallentyne
Glenwood Sq. Community Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland Association. Pastor: E. E. Longley
Holy Trinity – Greek Orthodox Church (Hellenic), Boston, Mass. Headquarters. Pastor: Modestos Stratides
Immanuel Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland United Baptist Association. Pastor: William H. Jones, D.D.
Immanuel Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana Synod, New England Conf. Pastor: K. E. Zetterholm, B.D.
Local Branch of Christian Missionary Alliance – Christian and Missionary Alliance, New England District. Pastor: William C. Newbern
North Deering Community Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: A. W. Wentworth
Pine Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Ralph W. George
Portland – Church of the Nazarene, New England. Pastor: Carroll P. Lanpher
Portland Corps – Salvation Army, Northern New England. Pastor: Capt. H. Richardson
Portland Society, Church of the New Jerusalem – General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Maine Association. Pastor: Harold C. Gustafson
Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Portland. Pastor: James A. Corey
Saint Dominic – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine
Scandinavian "Bethlehem" – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Olaf Eikland
Seamen's Bethel – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Francesco P. Sulmonetti
Second Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
South Portland Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, United Baptist Convention of Maine, Cumberland Assn. Pastor: Henry G. Clark
St. Ansgar's Danish Ev.-Lutheran Church – Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Lutheran Church, 1st Dist. Pastor: Henrik Plambeck
St. Christopher Church – Roman Catholic Church, Portland
St. Joseph – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: John H. Houlihan
St. Lawrence – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Co. Conference. Pastor: L. A. Edwards
St. Louis – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Me. Pastor: P. W. Pojnar
St. Patrick – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Me. Pastor: Timothy H. Houlihan
St. Peter's – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: G. J. Burke
State Street – Congregational Churches. Pastor: H. Stiles Bradley
Stevens Avenue Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Harold G. Booth
Stroudwater – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland United Bapt. Ass'n. Pastor: Chas. A. Davis
Swedish Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, New Eng Swedish Conference
The First Parish Society of Portland, Maine – Unitarians, The Maine Conference of Unitarian Conference. Pastor: Vincent Brown Silliman
Warren Avenue Italian – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Conference, Portland District. Pastor: Francesco P. Sulmonetti
Washington Ave. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Conference, Portland District. Pastor: Herbert F. Milligan
West – Congregational Churches. Pastor: J. Roy Packard
Williston Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Morris H. Turk, D.D.
Woodfords Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Daniel F. Gross
Prouts Neck
St. James Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Portland. Pastor: Dennis A. McCabe
Scarboro
Scarboro F. B. – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland. Pastor: J. W. Brown
Scarborough
First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Association of Cong'l Churches. Pastor: Rensel Harold Colby
Sebago
Convene – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland Assn
North Sebago – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Alexander Stewart
Union Congregational – Congregational Churches, Union Association
Sebago Lake
Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Hilda L. Ives
So. Bridgton
South Bridgton Cong. – Congregational Churches, Union Assoc. Pastor: H. F. Graham
So. Gorham
So. Gorham Free Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Maine State Convention. Pastor: J. W. Brown
So. Portland
Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine
First M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Joseph Clare
People's Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Conference. Pastor: Charles E. Brooks
So. Windham
Good Shepherd – Universalist Church. Pastor: Crawford O. Smith
South Freeport
South Freeport Congregational – Congregational Churches, Cumberland North Association. Pastor: William L. Graham
South Portland
1st Cong. of So. Portland & Cape Elizabeth – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Wm. H. Lanning, D.D.
Bethany – Congregational Churches, Cong. Conference and Missionary Soc.
Calvary – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: Dennis A. McCabe
Elm Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Chester F. Butterfield
Holy Cross Church – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: Fred A. Karpes
S. Portland – Church of the Nazarene, New England District. Pastor: D. S. Deware
Thornton Heights M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Geo. Holgate
South Windham
Unnamed congregation – Advent Christian Church, Maine Conf. Pastor: We have supply
Free Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland. Pastor: Margaret Koch
Standish
First Cong. – Congregational Churches
Oak Hill Branch of Steep Falls Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland Association. Pastor: Chas. A. Gifford
Richville Chapel – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland Association
Steep Falls
Steep Falls – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland United Baptist. Pastor: Chas. A. Gifford
W. Pownal
First Parish Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Cumberland North Association. Pastor: D. A. Tuttle
West Baldwin
West Baldwin M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Fergus Lea
West Cumberland
West Cumberland – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Albert Emery
West Falmouth
West Falmouth Free Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland County - State of Maine
West Gorham
Union – Congregational Churches. Pastor: W. Stanley Carne
West Scarboro
West Scarboro Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Elwin L. Wilson
Westbrook
Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Albert E. Luce
First – Universalist Church. Pastor: Harry E. Townsend
First Baptist Church, Westbrook, Maine. – Northern Baptist Convention, Cumberland United Baptist Association. Pastor: Burton H. Tilton
First Lutheran Church of Westbrook, Maine. – United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Atlantic District. Pastor: Carsten Christian Kloth
Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren II
St. Hyacinth – Roman Catholic Church, Portland. Pastor: P. E. Desjardins
St. Mary – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: W. J. Culbert
Warren – Congregational Churches, Maine Conference. Pastor: Roderick A. Macdonald
Westbrook Congregational – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Association. Pastor: J. Albert Hammond
Westbrook Corps – Salvation Army, Northern New England Div., New England Province. Pastor: John C. Winkley
Windham
First Congregational Church of Windham – Congregational Churches, Cumberland Association of Maine. Pastor: James E. Atkins
Windham Friends Church – Society of Friends (Orthodox), Falmouth Q.M. Pastor: James Pratt
Woodfords
Clark Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: John M. Arters
Yarmouth
Elm Street M.E. - Yarmouthville – Methodist Episcopal Church, Portland District - Maine Conference. Pastor: John G. P. Sherburne
First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Maine Convention, Cumberland Assn. Pastor: Robie M. Brown
First Parish – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Hugh P. Hughes
First Universalist Society – Universalist Church
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Roman Catholic Church, Portland, Maine. Pastor: Joseph D. Quinn
Town not stated
Bolsters Mills – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: N. R. Pearson
North Pownal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: Frederick E. Stacey
North Yarmouth – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine. Pastor: F. E. Stacey
Scarboro and South Buxton – Universalist Church. Pastor: Harry E. Townsend
West Durham – Methodist Episcopal Church, Maine Conf. Pastor: Frederick E. Stacey
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