Brunswick County, North Carolina has 167 churches in the Churches List directory, 5 of them verified and 48 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 159 congregations and 55,756 adherents across 27 religious bodies in the county. That is 408 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 136,695 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 2 | 15,063 | 110.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 63 | 12,513 | 91.5 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 18 | 8,150 | 59.6 |
| United Methodist Church | 13 | 6,594 | 48.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | 9 | 1,748 | 12.8 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 10 | 1,600 | 11.7 |
| Theravada Buddhist | 2 | 1,574 | 11.5 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 6 | 1,568 | 11.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 3 | 1,470 | 10.8 |
| Episcopal Church | 3 | 924 | 6.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 2 | 917 | 6.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 5 | 901 | 6.6 |
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 (136,695). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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We are here by mandate to tear down the walls of tradition that hinder mankind, while Evangelizing the lost, Education of all believers and embracement of all in the love of Christ...
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We are a small and loving congregation who take pride in worshiping and serving the Lord. Our pastor has a saying that he is not preaching for you to go to heaven he preaches the w...
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Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (66) · Non-Denominational (30) · Methodist (12) · United Methodist (8) · African Methodist Episcopal (7) · Pentecostal (7) · Church of Christ (5) · Full Gospel (4) · Episcopal (4) · Evangelical (3)
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 North Carolina counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Brunswick 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 35 disaster declarations covering Brunswick County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: hurricane (25 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 Brunswick 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.