Churches of Lackawanna County, PA

Assembly of God and Pentecostal Churches in Lackawanna County

 

Church

Status

Notes

Records

Assembly of God Church

Moosic

 

 

 

Clarks Green Assembly of God

204 S. Abington Rd.

Clarks Green

Name changed

(2019)

Present building was started in 1976 and dedicated in 1977.  Became Servant Church of the Abingtons

 

Dickson City Assembly of God

115 Main St.

Dickson City

Closed

(2008)

In 2008 the church closed its location on Main St., temporarily operating in various other locations in Dickson City

 

East Scranton Assembly of God

1319 Ash St.

Scranton

Closed

(1979)

Formed in 1957 to accommodate members who lived in East Scranton and were attending Green Ridge Assembly of God.  Membership had dwindled and members started attending Green Ridge Assembly of God.

 

Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God

22 Garfield Ave.

Carbondale

Active

Founded in 1934.  Present church was built in 1947.

 

First Italian Pentecostal Church

201 N. Hyde Park Ave.

Scranton

Closed

 

 

First Pentecostal Tabernacle of Assemblies of God of Peckville

Name changed

Organized in 1916. Became Peckville Assembly of God. Church was built in stages, and completed in 1927 with additions in 1954 and 1981.

 

Full Gospel Tabernacle

137 S. Hyde Park Ave.

Scranton

 

Was formerly known as Hyde Park Revival Center and Hyde Park Evangelistic Tabernacle.  The church closed its doors in June 1978 when the pastor and owner left the area.  The building burned to the ground on September 24, 1978.

 

Garfield Ave. Church

123 N. Garfield Ave.

Scranton

Moved and changed name

(1967)

The church was founded in 1870, and was first known as the Fourth Ward Mission.  It became the Garfield Ave. Full Gospel Church.  In 1967 they bought the former St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Ave. and became Providence Full Gospel Tabernacle

 

Green Ridge Assembly of God

825 Green Ridge St.

Scranton

Active

 

At church

Italian Christian Assembly Church

Mary & Clark Streets

Old Forge

Closed (early 1990s)

By the early 1970s, the church was not used extensively, mainly for Bible studies.  Many members went to Moosic Assembly of God Church and other churches of the denomination.

 

Italian Pentecostal Church

243 Terrace St.

Dunmore

Closed

 

 

Hyde Park Evangelistic Tabernacle

137 S. Hyde Park Ave.

 

See Hyde Park Revival Center

 

Hyde Park Revival Center

137 S. Hyde Park Ave.

Scranton

Name changed

It was dedicated in 1959, occupying the old Tabernacle Congregational Church.  Previously services were held in the former Ebenezer Welsh Presbyterian Church on S. Main Ave.  The names were changed to Hyde Park Evangelistic Tabernacle and Full Gospel Tabernacle.

 

Italian Pentecostal Church

Clark St. & Mary St.

Old Forge

Closed

 

 

Moosic Assembly of God

477 Third St.

Moosic

Active

Founded in 1927.  Became Moosic Assembly of God in the 1984

At church

Moosic Full Gospel Tabernacle

3rd & River Streets

Moosic

Name changed (1984)

Became Moosic Assembly of God.

 

New Life Assembly of God Church

415 Hickory St.

Scranton

Active

 

At church

Old Forge Assembly of God

Mary & Clark Streets

Active

Congregation formed in 1996, occupying the old Italian Christian Assembly Church.

At church

Peckville Assembly of God

3364 Scranton-Carbondale Highway

Blakely

Active

 

At church

Peckville Assembly of God

545 Keystone Ave.

Peckville

Moved

(2008)

Founded in 1916.  Moved to new church in 2008

 

Pentecostal Church of Clarks Summit

Name changed

(1977)

Became Clarks Green Assembly of God

 

Providence Full Gospel Tabernacle

1920 Church Ave.

Scranton

Closed

Moved to present location in 1967.  The congregation was previously Garfield Ave. Full Gospel Church

 

Servant Church of the Abingtons

204 S. Abington Rd.

Clarks Green

Active

Formerly Clarks Green Assembly of God

At church

 Contributed by Tom Price, 2021


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