Worship Together at Local Churches

We encourage students to worship with a local congregation during their time as a student at Messiah. The greater Harrisburg area is home to many churches. Those listed below are among them. Students with questions about a church are encouraged to contact on the on-campus church representative listed.


Church	Denomination	City	Contact at Messiah	Contact at Church
Wesley Union AME Zion	African Methodist Episcopal Zion	Harrisburg	Rev. Dr. David Miller (BRPS)	Rev. Dr. David Miller
Good Shepherd Anglican	Anglican (ACNA)	Carlisle	Dr. Jim LaGrand (Honors Program)	Fr. Ricky McCarl
Christian Life Assembly	Assemblies of God	Camp Hill	-	Amanda Anderson
Bible Baptist	Baptist (Independent)	Shiremanstown	Rachel Fleagle (alum)	Bryan Sanders
Country & Town Baptist	Baptist (Southern)	Mechanicsburg	Sarah Heintzelman (alum)	Jacob Shetron
Dillsburg Brethren in Christ	Brethren in Christ	Dillsburg	Dr. Tim VanDyke (Engineering)	J. Robert Douglass
Grantham Brethren in Christ	Brethren in Christ	Mechanicsburg	Dr. Doug Curry (Campus Ministries)	David Flowers
Harrisburg Brethren in Christ	Brethren in Christ	Harrisburg	Dr. Matt Lewis (HNES)	Hank Johnson
Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ	Brethren in Christ	Mechanicsburg		Cindy Agoncillo
The Meeting House Carlisle	Brethren in Christ	Carlisle	Bonnie Lin (BRPS)	Bob Beaty
The Meeting House Dillsburg	Brethern in Christ	Dillsburg	Bonnie Lin (BRPS)	Nick Pine
Daybreak	Christian & Missionary Alliance	Mechanicsburg	Laura Williams (Admissions)	Kyle Abel
West Shore Evangelical Free	Evangelical Free	Mechanicsburg	Dr. Brian Swartz (Engineering)	Russ Allen
Carlisle Evangelical Free - The Pike	Evangelical Free	Mechanicsburg	Prof. Lynn Bigelow (Cybersecurity)	Steve Wilmert
Community Evangelical Free	Evangelical Free	Harrisburg	Dr. Jason Renn (Politics)	Benjamin Vrbicek
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran	Lutheran (Missouri Synod)	Mechanicsburg		Rev. Luke Zimmerman
Messiah Lutheran Church	Lutheran (ELCA)	Harrisburg	Dr. Prasanna Ranjith Christodoss (CS)	Rev. Dr. Holger Roggelin
Slate Hill Mennonite	Mennonite	Camp Hill	Dr. Dave Weaver-Zercher (BRPS)	Lynn Shertzer
Chestnut Grove Church	Methodist (Global)	Dillsburg	Tim Klein (alum)	Tim Klein
Christ Community	Nondenominational	Camp Hill	Susan Pontus (alum)	Dave Hess
Hope Grace	Nondenominational	Dillsburg	Dr. Douglas Phillippy (Math)	Larry Weber
Liberti	Nondenominational (Acts 29)	Camp Hill	Dr. Michael Dolislager (Economics)	Matt Looloian
Living Water Community Church	Nondenominational	Harrisburg	-	Mike Leonzo
Redeeming Grace Church	Nondenominational (Sov. Grace)	Mechanicsburg	Bethany Hetrick (alum)	Jeremy Hetrick
Thrive in Faith	Nondenominational	New Cumberland	Rev. Dr. Stephen Gallaher (BRPS)	Rev. Dr. Stephen Gallaher
Holy Apostles	Orthodox	Mechanicsburg	Prof. Christine Perrin (Honors Program)	V. Rev. Tim Hojnicki
Carlisle Reformed Presbyterian	Presbyterian (PCA)	Carlisle	Dr. Philip Tan (Engineering)	Matt Purdy
Second City	Presbyterian (PCA)	Harrisburg	-	Peter Rowan
Trinity Presbyterian	Presbyterian (PCA)	Harrisburg	John Meyer (Engineering)	John Hayward
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton	Roman Catholic	Mechanicsburg	Dr. Ed Arke (Communication)	Rev. Charles L. Persing
St. Joseph	Roman Catholic	Mechanicsburg	-	Rev. John B. Bateman
St. Patrick Cathedral	Roman Catholic	Harrisburg	Dr. David Pettegrew (History)	V. Rev. Joshua R. Brommer