Churches in Mississippi County
Mississippi County, Arkansas has 156 churches in the Churches List directory, 5 of them verified and 15 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 157 congregations and 29,858 adherents across 26 religious bodies in the county. That is 734 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 40,682 people.
Religious bodies in Mississippi County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 37 | 14,906 | 366.4 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 28 | 4,070 | 100.0 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 17 | 3,270 | 80.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 6 | 1,243 | 30.6 |
| United Methodist Church | 9 | 1,237 | 30.4 |
| Churches of Christ | 13 | 987 | 24.3 |
| Church of God in Christ | 5 | 776 | 19.1 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | 1 | 550 | 13.5 |
| Assemblies of God | 5 | 420 | 10.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 354 | 8.7 |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. | 1 | 350 | 8.6 |
| Catholic Church | 2 | 300 | 7.4 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (40,682). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Notable churches in Mississippi County
№ 01
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
YouTube
Calvary Baptist Church
West End Baptist Church
Blackwater Church of God
Church of God Parsonage
Wilson
United Pentecostal Church
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Prince of Peace Church
Finda Robertson
New Bethel Baptist Church
Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Cities and towns in Mississippi County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (70) · Non-Denominational (17) · Methodist (11) · Church of Christ (9) · Church of God (9) · Pentecostal (7) · United Methodist (5) · Church of God in Christ (5) · Assemblies of God (4) · Episcopal (3)
Researching ancestors from Mississippi County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Arkansas counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Mississippi County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Mississippi County
FEMA has issued 21 disaster declarations covering Mississippi County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: severe storm (8 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Mississippi County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.