Newton County, Missouri has 170 churches in the Churches List directory, 4 of them verified and 47 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 113 congregations and 29,142 adherents across 27 religious bodies in the county. That is 497 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 58,647 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 40 | 15,600 | 266.0 |
| United Methodist Church | 7 | 2,633 | 44.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 8 | 2,315 | 39.5 |
| Churches of Christ | 15 | 1,660 | 28.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 3 | 1,386 | 23.6 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 5 | 1,190 | 20.3 |
| Catholic Church | 2 | 1,103 | 18.8 |
| Assemblies of God | 6 | 1,092 | 18.6 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 2 | 478 | 8.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 4 | 406 | 6.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | 2 | 368 | 6.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 1 | 300 | 5.1 |
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 (58,647). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Hope Baptist is an Independent King James Only Baptist Church. We just organized as a new church in April of 2016.
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Offering you and your entire family a peaceful and safe place to worship the Lord and grow in Christ.
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Our times of Service: Sunday: Bible Study 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:50 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Prayer & Bible study for all ages 7:00 p.m. We are a congregation committed to reachin...
We are a community outreach church . Helping people in need . We have a mens shelter and feed needy familys . Services at 10 am and 6 pm sunday , 7 pm saturday night with a meal fo...
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Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (43) · Non-Denominational (25) · Christian (16) · Assemblies of God (11) · Church of Christ (10) · United Methodist (7) · Church of God (6) · Methodist (5) · Catholic (5) · Church of the Nazarene (5)
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 Newton 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 28 disaster declarations covering Newton County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2025. The most frequent cause: severe storm (14 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 Newton 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.