St. James Kingsessing

St. James Kingsessing
St. James Kingsessing Episcopal Church
St. James Kingsessing
St. James Kingsessing
39°55′20″N 75°14′21″W / 39.922136°N 75.239052°W / 39.922136; -75.239052
Location6838 Woodland Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19142
CountryUnited States
DenominationEpiscopal
Websitestjameskingsessing.org

St. James Kingsessing, commonly called "Old Swedes," is an historic American church located at 68th Street and Woodland Avenue in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of the churches created by settlers and descendants of the Delaware Valley colony of New Sweden, a colony planted by the Swedish South Company that existed from 1638 and 1655, when it was conquered by the Dutch. St. James, built in 1762, is a sister congregation to the old Swedish church of Gloria Dei in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia.[1][2][3] The church was founded by a Lutheran congregation and is now part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.

The church reported 221 members in 2018 and 76 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 Episcopal Church parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $57,924. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 58 persons.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Burr, Nelson H. (1938). "The Early History of the Swedes and the Episcopal Church in America". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 7 (2): 113–132. JSTOR 42968310.
  2. ^ White, Joyce L. (1977). "The Affiliation Of Seven Swedish Lutheran Churches With The Episcopal Church". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 46 (2): 171–186. JSTOR 42973552.
  3. ^ "Historic Churches in Philadelphia". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 56 (1): 17–35. 1945. JSTOR 44209578.
  4. ^ "Explore Individual Parochial Report Trends". General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

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