About the Study:
“The self-study has been started in the fall of 1963, carried out by the Division of Research and Field Study of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church in New York. It was completed a year later. By the fall of 1965, the data had been organized and analyzed, and the results were ready to be reported and discussed…..The self-study was about people rather than property or finances, though the need for money is evident in the report. In many ways, the picture that emerged was one of which to be proud…The most depressing findings, however, had to do with the low state of morale and the weakness of the lines of communication among members of different parishes. Too many divisions existed. Race and class were the unspoken divides here. Lay leadership did not seem especially strong to the study group, nor were the Convocations, or regional groupings, very effective. Furthermore, the number of communicants were flat, while the population in the metropolitan area was growing.” – Sheldon Hackney, This Far By Faith: Tradition and Change in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, pp. 308-309.
Central Philadelphia:
- Christ Church, Philadelphia
- Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
- St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Phillip’s Memorial Church
- St. Stephen’s Church, Philadelphia
- Trinity Memorial Church
South Philadelphia:
- Church of St. John the Evangelist, 3rd and Reed
- Church of the Crucifixion
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church
- Memorial Chapel of the Holy Communion
- Memorial Church of St. Paul, South Philadelphia
- Prince of Peace Church
- St. Elisabeth’s Church, Philadelphia
- St. Mary’s Church, Bainbridge Street
- St. Simon the Cyrenian Church
Southwest Philadelphia:
West Philadelphia:
- African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
- Calvary Church, Northern Liberties/West Philadelphia
- Church of the Atonement
- Church of the Epiphany, Sherwood
- Church of the Holy Apostles and the Mediator
- Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook
- St. Andrew’s Church, West Philadelphia
- St. Barnabas’ Church, Haddington
- St. George’s Church, West End
- St. Mary’s Church, Hamilton Village
- St. Monica’s Church
Lower North Philadelphia:
- All Souls’ Church for the Deaf
- Church of St. Simeon
- Church of the Advent, Philadelphia
- Church of the Annunciation
- George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate
- St. Augustine’s Church of the Covenant
- St. Bartholomew’s Church, North Philadelphia
- St. Matthew’s Church, Francisville
Upper North Philadelphia:
Kensington:
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Kensington
- Church of the Holy Redeemer, Richmond
- Emmanuel Church, Kensington
- Free Church of St. John, Kensington
- Grace Church and the Incarnation
- St. Ambrose Church, Kensington
- St. Barnabas’ Church, Kensington
- St. George’s Church, Richmond
- St. Luke’s Church, Kensington
- St. Mary of the Annunciation Church (Italian)
- St. Nathanael’s Church, Kensington
Roxborough/Manayunk
- Church of St. Alban, Roxborough
- Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, Oak Road
- St. David’s Church, Manayunk
- St. Stephen’s Church, Wissahickon
- St. Timothy’s Church, Roxborough
Germantown/Mt. Airy/Chestnut Hill
- Grace Church, Mt. Airy
- St. Barnabas’ Church, Germantown
- St. Luke’s Church, Germantown
- St. Peter’s Church, Germantown
Olney-Oak Lane
- All Saints’ Church, Cresentville
- Church of the Holy Nativity, Germantown
- House of Prayer, Branchtown
- St. Alban’s Church, Olney
- St. Martin’s Church, Oak Lane
- Zion Church, Logan
Near Northeast Philadelphia
Far Northeast Philadelphia
Philadelphia Studies 
This report describes an environment quite different from my experience at that time. I was 13 or 14 at that time and a confirmed member of St. Peter’s in Germantown. Six parishes in Germantown worked together, joining on Wednesdays during Lent (I think) for combined liturgy with worship led by one parish in another parish sanctuary. St. Barnabas came to St. Peter’s, for example. Youth in the Diocese took conferences in the Summer at Denbigh and gathered with our parents in Winter to hear important speakers like Malcolm Boyd and Don Barnhouse. Churches in Germantown would meet at Calvary to learn a new Church School Curriculum. Rectors had assigned weeks at Germantown Hospital so that when I went in for an appendix removal, I recall being visited by my Rector, Warren Davis, and the Rector of St. Lukes. The whole scene in memory seems more connected than this report suggests.