Holy Cross Church is perhaps the most prominent spiritual landmark seen locally Santa Cruz offers many diverse and often non-mainstream areas of spiritual and religious study.
Atheistic
Baha'i
Buddhist
- Also See: Buddhism
- Everyday Dharma Zen Center (Downtown)
- Land of Medicine Buddha (Soquel)
- Santa Cruz Zen Center
- Vajrapani Institute
- Watsonville Buddhist Temple (Watsonville)
Christian
Orthodox
Lutheran
- Christ Lutheran Church (Aptos)
- Lutheran Community Church (Watsonville)
- Messiah Lutheran Church
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church (Soquel)
- St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
Methodist
- Aptos Community United Methodist Church (Aptos)
- Boulder Creek United Methodist Church
- Light and Life Community Free Methodist Church
- United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz
- Watsonville First United Methodist Church
Non-Denominational
Pentecostal
- Aptos Christian Fellowship
- The Coastlands, Aptos Foursquare Church
- Living Water Fellowship Assembly of God
- Mount Olive Temple Church of God in Christ (Watsonville)
- Word of Life Church of God in Christ
Presbyterian
- Felton Presbyterian Church
- First Presbyterian Church
- Korean Central Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church of Bonny Doon
- Presbyterian Hispanic Church (Watsonville)
- St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
- Trinity Presbyterian Church
- Watsonville United Presbyterian Church
- Westview Presbyterian Church (Watsonville)
Baptist
- Arthur Road Baptist Church (Watsonville)
- Bayside Baptist Church
- First Baptist Church of Aptos
- First Baptist Church of Las Lomas (Watsonville)
- First Baptist Church of San Lorenzo Valley
- Landmark Missionary Baptist Church (Freedom)
- Liberty Baptist Church
- Progressive Missionary Baptist Church
- Santa Cruz Missionary Baptist Church
Catholic
- Faith Community Church
- Holy Cross Church
- Holy Eucharist Catholic Community (Watsonville)
- Resurrection Catholic Community
- St. John's Catholic Church (Felton)
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Community
- The Catholic Community of San Agustin
Christian Scientist
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
Episcopal
- Calvary Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist
- Saint Andrews Episcopal Church (Ben Lomond)
- St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Evangelical
General / Community / Non-denominational
- Boulder Creek Community Church
- Calvary Chapel Aptos
- Calvary Chapel Santa Cruz
- Calvary Chapel of San Lorenzo Valley
- Capitola Community Church
- The Circle Church (Disciples of Christ) (Westside)
- Coast Community Chapel
- Community Church of God Chapel by the Sea
- Congregational Church of Soquel
- Corralitos Community Church
- Elm Street Mission (Downtown)
- High Street Community Church
- Inner Light Ministries (Soquel)
- La Selva Beach Community Church (La Selva Beach)
- Mission Springs (Scotts Valley)
- Santa Cruz Bible Church
- Santa Cruz Community Church
- Vintage Faith Church
Orthodox
Greek Orthodox
Hinduism
Islam
Jehovah's Witnesses
Judaism
For Students
Reform
Conservative
Chasidic
Pagan
Quaker
Scientology
Secular
Seventh-day Adventist
- Santa Cruz Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (Watsonville)
- Seventh-day Adventist Soquel Conference Center
- Soquel Community Seventh-Day Adventist Church
- Watsonville Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church
Sikh
Taoism
Unitarian
United Church of Christ
Wicca
Not Yet Categorized
- Aromas Bible Church
- Assumption Church (Watsonville)
- Bethel Tabernacle (Watsonville)
- Christian Fellowship Center
- Christian Life Center
- Church of Christ (Santa Cruz)
- Church of Christ (Watsonville)
- Church of God (Watsonville)
- Church of the King
- Church of the Nazarene
- The Coastlands
- Community Covenant Church
- Congregational Church of Soquel
- Family Faith Center
- Felton Bible Church
- First Christian Church
- First Congregational Church
- Full Gospel Church of Las Lomas (Watsonville)
- Garfield Park Christian Church
- Gateway Bible Church
- Generations
- Good Shepherd Fellowship
- Grace Fellowship
- Grace Temple
- Green Valley Christian Center
- Harbor Fellowship
- Harbor Tabernacle
- Vintage Faith Church
- Hope Ministries (Watsonville)
- House of Prayer Community Church (Watsonville)
- Lifespring Fellowship (Capitola)
- Lighthouse Christian Fellowship (Soquel)
- Living Hope Church
- Mision Bautista Hispana (Watsonville)
- Monterey Bay Christian Fellowship (Watsonville)
- Mountain Bible Church
- New Beginnings
- New Earth Tribe (Mt. Hermon)
- New Hope (Scotts Valley)
- New Life Center
- Orthodox Christian Brotherhood (Felton)
- Our Lady Help of Christians Valley Church (Watsonville)
- Our Lady Star of the Sea
- Pacific Christian Fellowship
- Pajaro Rescue Mission (Watsonville)
- Pleasure Point Community Church
- Potter's Hand Church of Santa Cruz (evangelistic)
- Puerta Camino Y Meta (Watsonville)
- Redwood Christian Center (Felton)
- St. Lawrence Orthodox Church
- St. Michael's Church (Boulder Creek)
- St. Patrick's Church (Watsonville)
- St. Vincent de Paul Church (Davenport)
- The Salvation Army
- Shorelife Community Church
- Shrine of St. Joseph Guardian of the Redeemer
- Sojourner's Church
- Santa Cruz Chapel
- Santa Cruz Church of the Nazarene
- Temple Naioth (Capitola)
- Twin Lakes Church
- Valley Vineyard Church (Scotts Valley)
- Victory Outreach Church (Watsonville)
Mysticism
Astrology
Tarot
Other Religion Resources
- Santa Cruz Spirituality A book on local religious history by Paul Tutwiler
- Uncommon Inspiration
