The community at The College of Wooster is diverse and we at Religious & Spiritual Life (RSL) welcomes students, staff, faculty, and community members who travel a variety of paths. Our hope is to make Wooster not only a place of belonging but one that cultivates deeper understandings of one’s self and others. In collaboration with the other members of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, RSL supports students, staff, and faculty in fostering an understanding and commitment to spiritual development that enables them to be more caring, globally aware, and committed to social justice while being better able to respond to stress and challenge.
A complete spiritual life at Wooster involves a balance of stretching and settling. Stretching is authentic engagement with persons, experiences, ideas, and questions that will enrich and challenge our values, ethics, and actions. Settling is a committed deepening of the spirit through study and reflection, commitment to a supportive group of peers, and mentoring relationships with more seasoned travelers.
Religious & Spiritual Life supports a variety of spaces, student organizations, and programs that foster spiritual and religious growth in the college’s diverse student body.
If you are a prospective student or parent visiting this site as a part of your exploration of Wooster, please feel free to contact us for more information, to connect with a current student, or to arrange for a meeting while you are on campus.
Pre-Ministry Program at Wooster
The College of Wooster recently launched its Pre-Ministry program which provides students a structure for discernment and fellowship with others who may be considering seminary, rabbinic school, graduate theological education, or religious vocations and study.
More Information on Pre-MinistryA wide range of faith traditions are represented in the Wooster area.
We recognize that students may want to join a community of faith that is not available in the City of Wooster. If that is the case, Religious & Spiritual Life will assist and support students who wish to travel to the closest worshiping community in the area.
Please contact us for more details as each plan is set up to meet your individual situation.
African American Congregations
El-Shaddai Worship Center
305 Palmer Street
Wooster, OH 44691
330-202-9200
Worship: Sunday at 11:30am
E-mail
Second Baptist Church
245 South Grant Street
Wooster, OH 44691
330-262-3373
Worship: Sunday at 10:45am
Anglican
St. Christopher’s Anglican Church
445 N. Bever St.
Wooster, OH 44691
(234)-249-1313
Worship: 10am
Email
Baha’i
Baha’i Faith
5568 Stuber Dr. NW
Canton, OH 44718
330-499-2028
Baptist
Second Baptist Church
245 S. Grant St.
330-264-6033
Worship: Sunday at 10:45pm
West Hill Baptist Church
2241 Mechanicsburg Rd.
330-264-1907
Worship: Sunday at 9:30am (traditional service) and 11:00am (contemporary)
Buddhism
Zen Society of Wooster
3186 Burbank Rd (Unterian Universilast Fellowship)
Wooster, OH 44691
Contact: Tara Buckland
330-337-5013
Worship: Mondays at 7 (beginners instruction at 6:40)
E-mail
Catholic
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
527 Beall Ave.
330-264-8824
Worship: Saturday at 5:00pm; Sunday at 8:00am, 10:00am, and 5:30pm
Christian Science
First Church of Christ, Scientist
1736 Cleveland Rd.
330-264-1681
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am; Wednesday at 7:30pm
Email
Church of Christ
Church of Christ
1847 Burbank Rd.
330-262-5696
Worship: Sunday at 10:45am and 6:00pm
Email
Church of God
First Church of God
1953 Akron Rd.
330-262-3691
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am
Email
Highland Ave. Church of God
669 W. Highland Ave.
330-264-6212
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am
Disciples of Christ
Central Christian Church
407 N. Market St.
330-262-4652
Worship: Sunday at 9:30am
Email
Episcopal
St. James Episcopal Church
201 N. Market St.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-262-4476
Worship: Sunday at 8:00am and 10:30am; Wednesday at 8:00am
Foursquare Gospel
Foursquare Gospel Church
3670 Friendsville Rd.
330-345-8989
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am; Wednesday at 7:00pm
E-mail
Greek Orthodox
St. Gregory Palamas Monastery
934 Co Rd 2256, Perrysville, OH 44864
419-368-5335
Worship: call for times
St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church
251 25th St. NW
Canton, OH 44709
330-454-7278
Worship: Sunday at 9:00am
Hindu Temples
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
2915 Laurel Rd.
Brunswick, Ohio 44212
330-220-4020
Call for worship times
Shiva-Vishnu Temple
7733 Ridge Rd. Parma, Ohio
440-888-9433
Worship: call for worship times
Hispanic Christian Services
Open Arms Hispanic Ministry
7012 Back Orrville Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-933-9376
Worship: (In English with Spanish translation): Sunday at 10:00am
Contact: Raul Tadeo
St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
527 Beall Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691
330-264-8824
Contact: Judith Caraballo Arzuaga
Islamic Mosques
Islamic Center of Wooster (ICW)
2871A Cleveland Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
Islamic Center of Greater Cleveland
6055 W. 130th Street
Parma, OH. 44130
216-362-0786
Worship: Friday Prayer 1:00pm
Email
Islamic Society of Akron and Kent
152 East Steels Corners Rd.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
330-922-9991
Worship: Friday Khutba 1:20pm
Email
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
3233 Akron Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-262-4460
Worship: Thursday at 7:00pm, Sunday at 10:00am
Jewish
Knesseth Israel Temple
1670 Cleveland Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-262-3516
Email
Facebook
Beth El Congregation
750 White Pond Dr.
330-864-2105
Worship: Visit website for specific times
Email
Shaaray Torah Synagogue
432 30th St. N.W.
Canton, OH 44709
330-492-0310
Email
Temple Israel Akron
91 Springside Dr.
Bath, OH 44333
330-665-2000
Worship: See sechulde for specific times
Email
Temple Israel of Canton
432 30th St. N.W.
Canton, OH 44709
330-455-5197
Email
Lutheran
Concordia Lutheran Church
2343 Star Dr.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-262-2456
Worship: Sunday at 11:00am
Salem Lutheran Church
4873 Cleveland Rd.
330-345-6727
Worship: Sunday at 10:00am
Zion Lutheran Church (ELCA)
301 N. Market St.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-262-5606
Worship: Sunday at 10:45am Tradional Worship
Email
Mennonite
Wooster Mennonite Church
1563 Beall Ave.
330-262-3631
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am
Email
Nazarene
Wooster Church of the Nazarene
3100 Oak Hill Rd.
330-262-1471
Worship: Sunday at 10:00am; Every first Wedneday at 6:30pm
Email
Non Denominational
Parkview Church of Christ
1912 Burbank Rd.
330-262-7756
Worship: Sunday at 10:00am
Email
Sycamore Community Church
YMCA of Wooster (South entrance)
680 Woodland Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-988-3930
Worship- Sundays at 10:00 AM
Orthodox Church of America
Holy Assumption Church
227 18th St. NE
Canton, OH 44705
330-455-9146
Worship: Sundays at 9:30am Divine Liturgy
Email
Pentecostal
Mount Zion Church of God
837 S. Geyers Chapel Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-264-0900
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am and 6:00pm
Presbyterian USA
First Presbyterian Church
621 College Ave.
330-264-9420
Worship: Sunday at 8:30am and 10:45am
Westminster Presbyterian Church
353 E. Pine (on campus)
330-263-2398
Worship: Sunday at 10:45am in Mackey Hall
Protestant-Mennonite
Open Arms Hispanic Ministry
7012 Back Orrville Rd
Wooster, OH 44691
330-933-9376
Worship: (In English with Spanish Translation): Sunday at 10:00am
Contact: Raul Tadeo
Quaker: Friends Meeting
Wooster Friends: Wooster Ohio Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
353 East Pine St.
Wooster, OH 44691 (lower level of Westminster)
330-262-6004 (Robbie Griffith, Clerk)
Worship: Sunday at 10:45am
Email
Seventh-day Adventist
Seventh-day Adventist
445 N. Bever St.
Wooster, OH
330-264-3117
Worship: Wednesday Prayer Service at 7:00pm, Sunday at 11:00am
Email
Contact: Pr. William Rodriguez
Unitarian-Universalist
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County
3186 Burbank Rd.
330-262-9194
Worship: Sunday at 9:30am and 11:00am
Email
United Church of Christ
Trinity United Church of Christ
150 E. North St.
Wooster, OH
330-264-9250
Worship: Sunday at 9:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm
Email
United Methodist
Church of the Cross United Methodist
5100 Cleveland Rd.
330-345-6472
Worship: Sunday at 10:30am
United Methodist Church of Wooster
243 N. Market St.
330-262-5641
Worship: Sunday at 10:00am
Email
U.S. Alliance
North View Christian and Missionary Alliance
3464 Burbank Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-345-1762
Email