page_title: Chester, Pennsylvania
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Chester, Pennsylvania / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Former 3rd Presbyterian Church in Chester, Pennsylvania (now Eastside Ministries - still Presbyterian) This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 10004702
context_page_description: Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census it is the largest city in Delaware County. Incorporated in 1682, Chester is the oldest city in Pennsylvania and is located on the western bank of the Delaware River between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.
context_section_description: Chester has several churches of historical importance:
  Asbury AME Church - Founded in 1845, it is the second oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chester behind the Union African Methodist Church built in 1832
  Calvary Baptist Church - A Baptist church founded in 1879. Martin Luther King Jr. attended Calvary Baptist when he was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary from 1948 to 1951
  Chester Friends Meetinghouse - The first Quaker meetinghouse was built in 1693 and William Penn was known to speak there
  St. Paul's Church and Old Burial Ground - An Episcopal church originally built in 1702.  In 1859, a new church was built on Third Street.  In 1900, the current St. Paul's Church was built at 9th and Madison Street.  The Old Burial Ground contains the remains of John Morton, signer of the Declaration of Independence; David Lloyd, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Colony and Major William Anderson, officer in the Continental Army and U.S. Congressman
  Third Presbyterian Church - A Presbyterian church founded in 1872.  It was the location of the first summer bible school in 1912.
  St. Katharine Drexel Church is the only Roman Catholic parish remaining in Chester.  It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is the result of the conglomeration of six Chester parishes in 1993.
caption: The Third Presbyterian Church was the site of the first summer bible school in 1912
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