Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)
Church in Wilmington, Delaware
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Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. The church is among the few surviving public buildings that reflect the Swedish colonial effort. It remains open for tours and religious activities. The church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and became part of First State National Historical Park in 2013. The church appears on the obverse of the 1937 Delaware Tercentenary half dollar.
The church reported 822 members in 2021 and 436 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $367,899 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 127 persons. This was a relative decrease from ASA of 200 reported in 2015.
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Swedish colony in North America (1638–1655)
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