The Lorain County Sacred Landmarks is an educational outreach program that aims to research and document the history, art, and architecture of Lorain County's houses of worship and to sponsor educational and fine arts programming that celebrates the religious experience of Lorain County's residents.

The Lorain County Sacred Landmarks Initiative:

• Provides educational outreach programs that celebrate the diversity of religious experience in Lorain County. 
• Sponsors a variety of informational programs including church tours, fine arts performances, gallery exhibitions, and special educational offerings which highlight Lorain Count's distinctive religious and cultural heritage.
• Brings together school districts, governments, nonprofit organizations and the area's faith-based organizations on common ground to document, preserve, and showcase Lorain County's sacred landmarks. 
• The Lorain County Sacred Landmarks Initiative is a member of the Sacred Landmarks partnership of Northeast Ohio, a network of higher education partners including Cleveland State University, Kent State University, University of Akron, and Youngstown State University.
• Is funded by grants from the Lorain County Community College Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.  Generous support is also provided by the Division of Arts & Humanities at Lorain County Community College.

Goals of the Lorain County Sacred Landmarks Initiative

• Research and document the history, institutional memory, architecture, aesthetic features and current uses of sacred landmarks in Lorain County.
• Provide educational programming regarding the origins and histories of local churches and synagogues as well as the richness and diversity of Lorain County's ecclesiastical art and architecture.
• Promote cooperation and collaboration among Lorain County's citizens to work across boundaries and to engage people from varying fields of interest.
• Foster economic growth and development through tourism, outreach programs and a variety of print and electronic publications.
  

For more information about the Lorain County Sacred Landmarks initiative, call (800) 995-5222, ext. 7371 or e-mail sli@lorainccc.edu.

For a directory of Lorain County houses of worship, see the complete listing at www.loraincounty.com/churches.