Tazewell County, Illinois has 231 churches in the Churches List directory, 3 of them verified and 87 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 158 congregations and 56,122 adherents across 38 religious bodies in the county. That is 427 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 131,341 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 6 | 10,804 | 82.3 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 28 | 9,170 | 69.8 |
| United Methodist Church | 14 | 6,475 | 49.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 8 | 5,272 | 40.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 7 | 3,677 | 28.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 12 | 3,324 | 25.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 4 | 2,565 | 19.5 |
| United Church of Christ | 5 | 2,438 | 18.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 7 | 1,936 | 14.7 |
| Assemblies of God | 5 | 1,541 | 11.7 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America | 3 | 1,506 | 11.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 2 | 1,092 | 8.3 |
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 (131,341). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Established church with wide representation of age groups (multi-generational). Reaching young families.
A friendly, growing church family in Creve Coeur, Illinois--just up the hill from East Peoria. The Wesleyans are a protestant denomination which believes in the death and resurrect...
Sunday Services at 10:30a.m. and 6:00p.m. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study at 10:30a.m. and 7:00p.m. Wednesday Prayer Service at 9:30a.m.
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (41) · Non-Denominational (24) · Lutheran (18) · Catholic (14) · United Methodist (13) · Christian (12) · Bible (12) · Methodist (12) · Apostolic (8) · Mennonite (7)
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 Illinois counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Tazewell County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 15 disaster declarations covering Tazewell County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2020. The most frequent cause: flood (5 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.
Directory listings are mapped to Tazewell 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.