Beneficent Congregational Church
Beneficent Congregational Church is a Congregational church at 300 Weybosset Street in Providence, RI 02903. It is one of 214 churches in Providence, and one of 2 Congregational congregations in the city.
Beneficent Church’s long story is rich – full of rebellion and community, innovation and civic-mindedness, and always a commitment to creating a loving faith community in a vital and vibrant part of Providence.
Wheelchair accessible
300 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI, 02903Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (401) 331-0021 · Website: http://www.beneficentchurch.org/
Beneficent Congregational Church is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Rhode Island — 2,928 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
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Latest from Beneficent Church's YouTube channel: September 13th 2026 - Sunday Service (all videos).
The community around Beneficent Congregational Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 40.1%
- Poverty Rate: 24.4% (16.6–32.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 22.1%
- Unemployment: 9.0% (4.1–14.0%)
- Depression: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Providence city is served by 132 churches — about one congregation for every 1,437 residents.
Churches near Beneficent Congregational Church
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Sacred City Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Therese Old Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mathewson Street United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Harbor Church — 0.2 mi away
- The First Universalist Church in Providence — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Catholic Schools — 0.2 mi away
- Catholics Come Home RI — 0.2 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Central Congregational Church — 1.1 mi away
- United Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away
- Covenant Congregational Church — 3.2 mi away in Pawtucket, RI
- United Church of Christ — 3.3 mi away in East Providence, RI
- Newman Church — 3.6 mi away in East Providence, RI
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