Churches in Chatham County
Chatham County, North Carolina has 161 churches in the Churches List directory, 4 of them verified and 42 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 145 congregations and 31,438 adherents across 35 religious bodies in the county. That is 412 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 76,260 people.
Religious bodies in Chatham County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 41 | 11,860 | 155.5 |
| United Methodist Church | 26 | 4,637 | 60.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | 17 | 4,190 | 54.9 |
| Catholic Church | 1 | 3,651 | 47.9 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 9 | 1,280 | 16.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 2 | 1,158 | 15.2 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | 3 | 860 | 11.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 6 | 541 | 7.1 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 3 | 480 | 6.3 |
| United Church of Christ | 4 | 461 | 6.0 |
| United Holy Church of America, Inc. | 3 | 404 | 5.3 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 2 | 348 | 4.6 |
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 (76,260). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Notable churches in Chatham County
Hamlet Chapel CME Church
A church were EVERYBODY is SOMEBODY!!! Come worship with us today.
New Hill First Baptist Church
Pastor: Reverend James E. Clanton, Jr.
№ 03
Holy Trinity Anglican Church of Chapel Hill
Website: http://www.holytrinitych.org Facebook: http://www.facebook/holytrinitychatham Holy Trinity Chatham is a new church with a growing, multigenerational congregation. Our serv...
El Camino United Methodist Church
Spanish Speaking Services and Ministries. Intercultural Church, (60% Mexico, 20% US 2nd Generation, 20% Other nationalities as Guatemala, Peru, Honduras, US. We have a passionate w...
Liston Chapel Church
Terrell Chapel Church
Faith United Pentecostal Church
Unity Spiritual Center
Unity Spiritual Center is in the heart of beautiful Chatham County, North Carolina, very near: Chapel Hill Raleigh Durham RTP Sanford The Triad For directions, please go to our web...
Liberty Chapel United Church of Christ
Plesant Grove Wesleyan Church
West End Methodist Church
Graham Full Gospel Tabernacle
Pastor Kevin Barbour
Cities and towns in Chatham County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (51) · Non-Denominational (18) · Methodist (13) · African Methodist Episcopal (12) · United Methodist (10) · Pentecostal (6) · United Church of Christ (6) · Christian (4) · Episcopal (4) · Evangelical (4)
Researching ancestors from Chatham County?
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 Chatham County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Chatham County
FEMA has issued 22 disaster declarations covering Chatham County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: hurricane (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.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Chatham 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.