Marsh Chapel
Marsh Chapel is a Interdenominational church at 735 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, MA 02215. It is one of 363 churches in Boston.
Marsh Chapel & Religious Life is staffed by a team of religious leaders, professional musicians, and hospitality administrators. We work within the Boston University system to serve BU students, faculty, staff, and our broader community.
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735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: +1-617-353-3560 · Website: https://www.bu.edu/chapel/
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The community around Marsh Chapel
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 47.9%
- Depression: 29.1%
- Poverty Rate: 26.9% (17.2–36.5%)
- Unemployment: 10.6% (4.2–17.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Food Insecurity: 16.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Boston city is served by 162 churches — about one congregation for every 4,110 residents.
Churches near Marsh Chapel
- The Pub Church, Boston — 0.1 mi away
- BU Catholic Center — 0.2 mi away
- City Light Church Boston — 0.3 mi away
- Ruggles Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lourdes Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Marist Fathers Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Spiritual Temple — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Our Saviour — 0.5 mi away
- The First Church of the Boston Red Sox — 0.5 mi away
- Cambridgeport Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Cambridge, MA