Editing Forest City, Pennsylvania (section)

==Churches==
Due to the historical influx of immigrants settling in [[primary sector of the economy]] towns such as Forest City, as each successive ethnic minority would build their own church. In its height in the 1920s, Forest City was known as "the town with the most churches in it" to the locals.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Until recently, Forest City's overwhelmingly Roman Catholic population boasted five churches: St. Anthony, St. Michael, St. Agnes, St. Joseph, and Sacred Heart. Each of these churches were ethnic, St. Agnes being [[Irish American|Irish]], St. Anthony's was [[Lithuania]]n; St. Michael's was [[Slovaks|Slovak]]; St. Joseph's was [[Slovenia]]n; and Sacred Heart was [[Poland|Polish]]. Early consolidations were planned in the 1970s, but public resistance kept some of the buildings intermittently open for decades. The Ascension of Our Lord Parish was created and dedicated in 2010, and the worship site, St. Joseph's Church, was renovated to accommodate the merger.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Forest City is also home to an Episcopal church, a Byzantine Catholic church, and a non-denominational church.  The Methodist Church closed May 2013 and the building was generously donated to the Forest City Area Historical Society which is now society headquarters and museum.