Butler County, Missouri has 97 churches in the Churches List directory, 4 of them verified and 19 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 89 congregations and 16,739 adherents across 30 religious bodies in the county. That is 397 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 42,135 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 24 | 5,128 | 121.7 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 8 | 2,940 | 69.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 1 | 1,339 | 31.8 |
| Catholic Church | 1 | 1,292 | 30.7 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | 2 | 1,068 | 25.3 |
| United Methodist Church | 8 | 804 | 19.1 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 5 | 560 | 13.3 |
| General Association of General Baptists | 2 | 540 | 12.8 |
| Assemblies of God | 4 | 505 | 12.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 2 | 495 | 11.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 462 | 11.0 |
| Churches of Christ | 6 | 437 | 10.4 |
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 (42,135). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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Service Schedule: Sunday 2pm; Thursday 7:30pm; D.I.V.E.Youth Service Saturday 9-11pm
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (32) · Non-Denominational (19) · Assemblies of God (4) · United Methodist (4) · Church of God (4) · Pentecostal (4) · Church of Christ (4) · Christian (3) · Apostolic (2) · Methodist (2)
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 Missouri counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Butler 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 23 disaster declarations covering Butler County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2025. The most frequent cause: severe storm (13 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 Butler 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.