Editing Plainfield, New Jersey (section)

==Places of worship==
[[File:Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, NJ.jpg|thumb|Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church in the [[Crescent Area Historic District]]]]
Houses of worship include:

* [[Saint Mary's Catholic Church Complex|Saint Mary's Catholic Church]] Built in the 1870s in what was then a heavily Irish neighborhood by Irish-born architect [[Jeremiah O'Rourke]] it is now a heavily Spanish-speaking parish. 
*[[Grace Episcopal Church (Plainfield, New Jersey)|Grace Church]] Founded in 1852, and registered a national historic site, Grace Church is an example of late 19th-century [[Gothic Revival architecture]]. A very active parish, with a large community outreach program (''After-School care, Community Garden, E.S.L., Soup Kitchen, 12-Step Programs, a Robust Music Program, Zumba, etc''). 
* First Park Baptist.
* Albaseerah Islamic Center is a mosque in the Sleepy Hollow district.
* First Unitarian Society of Plainfield was founded in the 1880s. It is the oldest Unitarian congregation in the country. [[All Souls Church (Plainfield, New Jersey)|All Souls Church]], which hosts First Unitarian was completed in the early 1890s. Magician and architect [[Oscar Teale]] designed the church in 1892.<ref name="njht">{{cite web|url=http://www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/first_unitarian_plainfield.html|website=njht.org|title=New Jersey Historic Trust{{pipe}}|access-date=April 18, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023347/http://www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/first_unitarian_plainfield.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> With a history of involvement in the LGBTQ community and support for [[Black Lives Matter]], it is certified as a Unitarian Universalist LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation.<ref>[http://www.fusp.org/about/history/ History of the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322142852/http://www.fusp.org/about/history/ |date=March 22, 2018 }}, First Unitarian Society of Plainfield. Accessed June 10, 2018.</ref>
* Bethel Presbyterian Church
* Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. A [[Gilbert F. Adams]] organ undergirds the church's musical programming.
* The Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
* Plainfield Friends Quaker Meeting House.
* [[Seventh Day Baptists|Seventh Day Baptist Church]]
* St. Bernard of Clairvaux & St. Stanislaus Kostka.
* Shiloh Baptist Church, established 1908.
* The United Presbyterian Church 1825. 
* New Covenant Church, Pentecostal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newcovenantnj.com/|title=New Covenant Church of God NJ – Inspiring, Equipping & Serving}}</ref>
* Cross of Life Lutheran Church (ELCA)
* Ruth Fellowship Ministries - Rev. Tracey L Brown - Founder/Pastor