The town's religion as it stands, November 2026

As of November 2026

St. Patrick Parish (1856) at 807 Tyler Street, Pastor the Rev. Donald Davison, C.PP.S., at parish-bulletin strength through 1 February 2026, in the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend under Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades. Walkerton Community Church, the Methodist congregation of 1859, at 1000 (also printed 1001) Georgia Street, its current pastor not found in any source reached. The First Presbyterian Church (1876) at 512 Georgia Street, in the edifice of 1904, its current pastor likewise not found. Grace Reformed Church (OPC) at 700 Van Buren Street, its pastorate in the printed three-way conflict of directory, vacant-pulpit list, and its own 2025–26 liturgies. Walkerton United Pentecostal Church at 1174 Lake Street, Pastor Dwayne Smith at 2025 aggregator strength. The Baptist congregation at 200 Maine Street, under its two conflicting aggregator names. And Walkerton Bible Baptist Church at 600 Van Buren Street, its existence corroborated by the obituary record in November 2026, its pastor not named in any source reached. Gone from the town's roll, at the strengths stated in their articles: the United Brethren congregation, last certainly present in 1916–17; the Seventh-day Adventist church, last attested in 1913; the Wesleyan church, documented 1970–1990 with no ending reached; and the Sabbatarian Church of God meetings of 1888. Across the town and county lines, at boundary size: the Koontz Lake Missionary Church and St. Dominic Mission in Starke County's Oregon Township, St. Anthony of Padua in LaPorte County's Lincoln Township, and Teegarden First Brethren in Marshall County's Polk Township. The parish school is closed these eighteen years; the pantry at 625 Roosevelt Road and the Knights of Columbus council at the parish carry the town's organized religious charity. That is the whole roll the record reached supports, and every name on it stands at the strength printed in its article.

Sources

1. The articles of this section and the sources cited in them; containment tests of 11 November 2026 as listed in the frame article.