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The Church of Saint Edward the Martyr started in 1951 as a chapel of Christ Church (670.9) on the west side of Joliet. It became a parish in 1956 and eventually merged with Christ in 2004 to become Saint Edward and Christ Church.

Started in 1956; first building dedicated in 1960; became a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago in 1964.

Started as a mission in 1929 and admitted into the diocese of Chicago as a mission in 1930. Became a parish in 1947.

Started as a mission in 1945; became a parish in 1951; church building dedicated in 1961; due to declining membership, the church discussed the possibility of merger as early as 1993 (Vestry minutes). The building was for sale in 1995 and sold in 1996 to another church (pentacostal). It is not clear if the Church of Mary Magdalen closed or merged with another congregation.

The Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer grew out of two nineteenth-century parishes that merged in 1968. in 1859, St. Paul's successfully applied to the Diocese to establish a parish and in 1889 had established The Church of the Redeemer as a daughter parish. A fire destroyed St. Paul’s Church in March 1956. The parish chose to remain on the same site rather than leave the neighborhood and the present building was dedicated in November 1958. In January 1968 the two congregations began worshipping together at St. Paul’s and shortly merge, becoming the Church of St. Paul & the Redeemer.

Formed by the merger of the Church of Saint George and the Church of Saint Matthais which took place in 1979.

Originally begun in 1901 as Advent Mission, a church building was erected in 1927, being dedicated in October 1927. The Church closed in 2016.