Daviess County, Missouri has 18 churches in the Churches List directory, 0 of them verified and 1 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 40 congregations and 5,472 adherents across 17 religious bodies in the county. That is 649 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 8,432 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 7 | 1,906 | 226.0 |
| Amish Groups, undifferentiated | 8 | 657 | 77.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 2 | 645 | 76.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 2 | 588 | 69.7 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 2 | 528 | 62.6 |
| United Methodist Church | 6 | 421 | 49.9 |
| Church of Christ, Mennonite | 1 | 148 | 17.6 |
| Stauffer Mennonite Church | 1 | 141 | 16.7 |
| Catholic Church | 1 | 101 | 12.0 |
| German Baptist Brethren | 1 | 101 | 12.0 |
| Assemblies of God | 2 | 64 | 7.6 |
| Hutterite Christian Communities | 1 | 61 | 7.2 |
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 (8,432). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Sunday Services: 8:30 a.m. Praise & Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. Traditional Worship Service Wednesday Adult Bible Study Pastor Russ Hamilton
Directory traditions here: Methodist (5) · Baptist Churches (3) · Church of Christ (2) · Non-Denominational (2) · Evangelical (1) · Disciples Of Christ (1) · Seventh Day Adventist (1) · Christian (1) · Assemblies of God (1) · United Methodist (1)
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 Daviess 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 Daviess County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2021. The most frequent cause: severe storm (12 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 Daviess 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.