I have been regularly attending High Point Church for the past three years. Being a non-white,…read moretheologically educated and extensively exposed to various churches in different parts of the US, I love this church for its faithfulness to preach the Word as it is and its commitment to help people grow in the Lord. It may not be a perfect church like any other church on the planet, but it strives to remain biblical in its very purpose of existence. Besides being blessed by High Point's worship, preaching, growth classes, small groups and serving opportunities, I have been personally impacted by the approachability, humility, teachability, and godliness of the elder board, pastoral leadership and the staff of High Point. The Lord is doing great things through this church. Many people are getting baptized, helped to grow and equipped to serve. I encourage you to try it out if you live in or visiting Madison.

I love this church. Really good people who care about people and about Madison and Madisonians…read moreflourishing. The preaching is excellent, wonderful worship, and great kids and students stuff going on. They engage the heart and the head. These people get it. I no longer attend because I moved out of state, but still love to visit, and if I ever move back, I'll be back at High Point in a heartbeat

This is beautiful Holy Redeemer Church, which was built in the 1860s and is the oldest extant…read moreCatholic church in Madison, and is today part of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish, which has four church building (the other churches of the parish are Saint Patrick Church on East Main Street, where the parish office currently is, Saint James Church off of Mills Street sort of behind Meriter Hospital where there is also a parish school, and Saint Joseph Church south of the beltline). Holy Redeemer Church has very thick fieldstone walls with rubble fill like a medieval castle, and looks quite picturesque near the intersection of West Johnson and State Street; the interior is also quite beautiful and traditional. A Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration prayer chapel is open daily on the lower level of Holy Redeemer Church, you enter through the parking lot side of the building and turn left. The focus of this chapel is the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, people come here to visit Jesus. Anyone may visit, rules are posted for maintaining the reverence of this place of silent personal prayer. At the time that I'm writing this Holy Redeemer Church is used 24 hours a day as the site of the Adoration Chapel, and there is one scheduled Mass per week, 8 am on Saturdays. That's not a Sunday Mass, all Sunday Masses are currently at St James or St Joseph Churches and complete information about Sunday and weekday daily Masses can be found on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish website, https://www.guadalupemadison.org/ . I go to Sunday Mass at St James and weekday Masses at St Patrick's, as well as Saturday morning at Holy Redeemer. There are Spanish as well as English Masses--the Spanish Masses are largely at St Joseph right now. Definitely check the parish website for up to date information. Normally confessions are heard before every Mass, which makes it so much easier to go to Confession. I live in the neighborhood and am a longtime parishioner. If you live on the Isthmus or Fitchburg you probably live in our parish's territory-- please come and worship with us. Saint Raphael's Church was Madison's first Catholic church, and became the Cathedral when the Catholic Diocese (bishopric) of Madison was formed in 1946, but it burnt down by arson in 2005 and a Stations of the Cross garden now stands on its site. Whereas Saint Raphael's had a predominately Irish congregation, Holy Redeemer was built by the German Catholic immigrants. High up in its front facade, amidst chunks of local sandstone-limestone there is a carved white marble plaque reading "Domus Dei et Porta Caeli," meaning House of God and Gate of Heaven in Latin. After the destruction of Saint Raphael's, the nearby downtown parishes of Holy Redeemer and Saint Patrick's merged under the name the Cathedral Parish of Saint Raphael, serving as the temporary seat of the Bishop of Madison. More recently a different Cathedral church was designated, which is Saint Bernard's on Atwood Avenue, and thus the downtown parish was no longer the "Cathedral Parish." Saint Bernard's is now the official "seat" of the bishop's leadership of the Church in southwest Wisconsin. A new diocese-wide parish reorganization clustered four different churches, Holy Redeemer, Saint Patrick's, Saint James, and Saint Joseph into the current Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. This name, a beloved Mexican title for Jesus' mother Mary, is fitting because today more than half of our parish's attendees are Hispanic. The latest reorganization was not due to any severe priest shortage; the larger cluster of churches is served by a team of several priests, most of them bilingual including our current main pastor Father Drew Olsen. In 2019 major restoration work was done to the exterior walls of the church, including replacing eroded local sandstone-limestone. In May of 2024 Holy Redeemer Church's wooden steeple caught fire after being struck by lightning. The building was saved thanks to the Madison Fire Department, this loss was covered by instance and a new metal-framed steeple, replicating the appearance of the original complete with a large clock, was installed in the fall of 2025. People in the neighborhood should join us for Mass at St James or Saint Joseph Church on Sundays. When or whether Sunday Mass will return to Holy Redeemer Church is unclear right now--I really think Mass needs to be available in the middle of downtown (though there is one at Saint Paul's on the University Campus, primarily intended for students) but the issue is that they wanted to consolidate people at St James for community building purposes. The Adoration Chapel at Holy Redeemer Church remains a real blessing to have in the neighborhood, that you can visit anytime.

This is not a place to go if you care about your physical health. I came there for the 9am Mass…read moreand most of the people around me were not wearing masks including a person who plopped down right beside me. I decided not to stick around to see how unsanitary the distribution of Communion would be. Even the man who appeared to be the head usher was maskless and coughing. Yuck and gross!

I love this church, the people there are VERY welcoming. Pastor John and his wife are two of the…read morenicest people I have ever met. My family and I have just started going there and plan to continue. The service on Sundays are always awesome.

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As part of my Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin trail trip I was lucky enough to take the tour at the…read moreUnitarian Meeting House; I managed to fit both the Monona Terrace tour and the Unitarian Meeting House tour on the same day; they are about 15 minutes drive apart. The Meeting House is located near to the University of Wisconsin campus, the good news is that the Meeting House has its own parking lot. We had a nice group of people for the tour and our guide was excellent, knowledgeable, friendly and a member of the congregation. The tour starts with books of photos of the history of the building and the congregation. We got a very nice history of the congregation, the building and how Wright was involved. The tour included most of the building, with certain rooms skipped since they were otherwise occupied. The main building was designed and supervised by Frank Llyod Wright with a newer cathedral, which was designed and built when the congregation outgrew the original building. High point of the tour is the original cathedral, it is fairly compact, but has a unique feel due to the soaring ceiling and glass V shaped framework that brings the outside in. The pulpit combines natural stones with the windows to create a great atmosphere. Interestingly Wright designed the seating so that some of the congregation are looking at other congregants. The low seating also allows views out the back windows of the cathedral. Another unique feature is the hearth at the back of the room. The other Wright designed areas all have that wonderful combination of warmth and practicality. The furniture designed by Wright add to the feeling. The spaces are all unique in that Wright really broke away from the idea that a building is a series of boxes such as the Wright designed Unity Temple in Oak Park, here you can feel the move to a more organic design. When the congregation outgrew the main building they found a way to add a new bigger addition that is unique, but still incorporates many of Wrights influence. The newer addition is behind the older building and built into the ground so that it does not overwhelm the Wright design. The outside of the Meeting House is amazing as well, the building seems to rise out of the natural setting ad mostly hugs the ground with the low roof overhangs. Around the front of the building you have the large V shaped roof and windows which projects an idea of what is inside. It is amazing to see the Wright design from the 1930s and how it has had such a major influence on many modern churches. The Unitarian Meeting House tour was excellent, well worth your time and should be a must visit for any Frank Lloyd Wright fan.

I am visiting from Los Angeles and went for the architecture but stayed for the fellowship. Lovely…read morepeople in a beautiful setting.

The people very friendly and respectful. We are also fortunate to have such dedicated priests. Lots…read moreof opportunities to join as we grow in our faith

Lots of people from different backgrounds .We have new priests, yet we miss the on we had.The new…read moreones are just beginning so it will take awhile to get to know each other. It's hard, but we'll get there. The congregation is the same friendly people . We are working together as we meet parishioners and participate in well established groups. We have our updated church and meeting areas to accomodate the changing demands of our environment.

Good Ole Regular Baptist church…read more Great choir, talented musicians, collection plate passing, alter call, 1st wife, deacon seating, elderly sitting section (where we all aspire to be), children's choir perform every 4th Sunday, Women's choir sings every 5th Sunday. Always a special program for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Resurrection and Lent season. They have many ministries that serve the community including: Homeless/Meal Pantry ministry/ Prison & DOC visit outreach and more. Praise Dance team for adults and youths.

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This church has two Sunday services at 9am and 10:45am and have more liturgical elements than most…read moreAmerican evangelical churches but fewer than a mainline church. The service focuses on singing songs accompanied by a small band, reading passages from the Bible, and a message from one of the pastors which is about 30 minutes long and based on one of the scriptural passages. The congregation is fairly diverse in ages and generation. I don't have kids, but there are a lot of children here and the church provides childcare and nursery care if that is important.