Churches in Hudson County
Hudson County, New Jersey has 287 churches in the Churches List directory, 8 of them verified and 81 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 407 congregations and 358,021 adherents across 66 religious bodies in the county. That is 494 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 724,858 people.
Religious bodies in Hudson County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 51 | 215,561 | 297.4 |
| Muslim Estimate | 16 | 42,310 | 58.4 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 38 | 20,200 | 27.9 |
| Hindu Temples | 9 | 17,535 | 24.2 |
| Coptic Orthodox Church | 3 | 9,300 | 12.8 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | 7 | 7,086 | 9.8 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 33 | 6,662 | 9.2 |
| Assemblies of God | 32 | 5,179 | 7.1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 7 | 3,849 | 5.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 19 | 3,724 | 5.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 17 | 3,511 | 4.8 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 22 | 2,933 | 4.0 |
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 (724,858). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
- Old Bergen Church of New Jersey — National Register, 1973
- Grace Church Van Vorst — National Register, 1979
- Our Lady of Grace Church — National Register, 1996
- First Baptist Church — National Register, 2006
- St Vincent De Paul Church — National Register, 2011
Notable churches in Hudson County
№ 01
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Alonzo Perry, Sr. Pastor Services 8AM & 11AM Youth Church 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Sunday Church on the Edge 18 - 35 every 5th Sunday Bible Study - Thursday 7:30 PM
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Heavenly Temple Church of God
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First Wesleyan Church
Diversity of People United Through One Lord, Jesus Christ
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№ 04
Bethel Gospel Chapel
Looking for a church in NJ? Welcome to our family at Bethel Gospel Chapel! Our services are: Sundays 9:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lord Supper, Bible Study, Refreshments, Sunday School. Tuesd...
№ 05
Corinthians Baptist Church
We welcome you to CBC with the love of Christ.
Calvary Chapel Bayonne
Sunday's 9:45am
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№ 07
Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana Unida
Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church
We Hope To See You There.
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First Reformed Church
Evangelical Pentecostal Church
Union City Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Evangelical Gospel Tabernacle
Cities and towns in Hudson County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (46) · Catholic (45) · Non-Denominational (44) · Lutheran (21) · Pentecostal (19) · Episcopal (14) · Presbyterian (10) · United Methodist (9) · Evangelical (8) · Reformed Church in America (8)
Researching ancestors from Hudson 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 New Jersey counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Hudson 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 Hudson County
FEMA has issued 24 disaster declarations covering Hudson County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2021. The most frequent cause: hurricane (8 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 Hudson 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.