 As of 2010 , within the city are two Roman Catholic parishes affiliated with the Diocese of Youngstown , one a family parish and one a Newman Center , as well as congregations of the United Methodist Church , African Methodist Episcopal Church , Free Methodist Church , United Church of Christ , Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod , Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , Church of the Brethren , the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) , Presbyterian Church , Church of Christ , Episcopal Church , and Jehovah 's Witnesses . There are also Unitarian Universalist , non @-@ denominational Christian , and Bahá 'í Faith congregations . Although there are no Jewish synagogues or temples , there is a Hillel Jewish student center on the campus of Kent State University which serves students at both Kent State and the University of Akron . Just outside the city limits in Franklin Township are the Kent congregations of the Church of the Nazarene , Assemblies of God , as well as Baptist and Free Will Baptist churches . The Islamic Society of Akron and Kent operates a masjid and school on its main campus in Cuyahoga Falls , west of Kent . It was founded in Kent in 1979 and maintains an additional masjid in the city . Kent is also part of a ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter @-@ day Saints in <unk> that was first organized in Kent and includes most of southern Portage County . 
