Shelby County, Illinois has 71 churches in the Churches List directory, 0 of them verified and 21 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 60 congregations and 9,825 adherents across 20 religious bodies in the county. That is 468 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 20,990 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 9 | 2,799 | 133.3 |
| Catholic Church | 4 | 1,610 | 76.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 5 | 1,581 | 75.3 |
| United Methodist Church | 13 | 1,393 | 66.4 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 6 | 569 | 27.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 1 | 501 | 23.9 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 2 | 240 | 11.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 1 | 228 | 10.9 |
| Churches of God, General Conference | 2 | 200 | 9.5 |
| Assemblies of God | 1 | 180 | 8.6 |
| Churches of Christ | 4 | 117 | 5.6 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 1 | 116 | 5.5 |
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 (20,990). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
The Church of Christ on 4th St. here in Shelbyville is now united with us on 2nd St. They no longer meet on South 4th St. In fact, that building has been converted into a house. Th...
Directory traditions here: Methodist (18) · Christian (11) · Baptist Churches (8) · United Methodist (7) · Catholic (7) · Lutheran (7) · Non-Denominational (3) · Assemblies of God (1) · United Church of Christ (1) · Church of God (1)
Directory listings are mapped to Shelby 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.