Lewiston Church of the Brethren

Lewiston Church of the Brethren is a Brethren church at 2 Shawmut Street in Lewiston, ME 04240. It is one of 30 churches in Lewiston.

Knowing Christ and making Him known. Through worship, growing in faith, community building and service.

2 Shawmut Street, Lewiston, ME, 04240

Lewiston Church of the Brethren is part of the Anabaptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2 congregations of the Anabaptist family gather across Maine — 1,105 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Anabaptists paid with their lives for believers' baptism and freedom of conscience centuries before either was safe to hold, and every church in America now enjoys what they died for. Their disaster-relief crews, arriving quietly after every flood and fire, and their refusal to return violence remain a standing witness to the rest of us.

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The community around Lewiston Church of the Brethren

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults here carry depression, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.

  • Depression: 33.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.3%
  • Obesity: 44.9%
  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Child Poverty: 33.3% (15.5–51.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 24.6% (9.4–39.7%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (6.4–20.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Lewiston city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 1,878 residents.

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