Berkeley County, South Carolina has 213 churches in the Churches List directory, 5 of them verified and 33 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 263 congregations and 82,725 adherents across 42 religious bodies in the county. That is 360 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 229,826 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 5 | 24,850 | 108.1 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 40 | 17,720 | 77.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 44 | 10,366 | 45.1 |
| Assemblies of God | 5 | 6,150 | 26.8 |
| United Methodist Church | 28 | 5,856 | 25.5 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | 22 | 5,264 | 22.9 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 6 | 1,744 | 7.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 2 | 1,334 | 5.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 7 | 1,122 | 4.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 7 | 999 | 4.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 4 | 892 | 3.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 2 | 643 | 2.8 |
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 (229,826). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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"We are a Bible believing church, believing that the King James Version Bible is God's preserved and inspired word. It is our purpose to faithfully preach and teach the Word of God...
Rev. William Tanner, Jr. Ebenezer holds our Sunday School beginning at 10:00 A.M. and our Worship Service begins at 11:30 AM. Please feel free to visit us.
Usually a Spanish service, however we are BILINGUAL, we translate on a needed basis. Evangelical/Pentecostal, Assemblies of God.
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Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (59) · Non-Denominational (31) · Methodist (22) · United Methodist (14) · Pentecostal (10) · Episcopal (7) · Christian (7) · Catholic (7) · African Methodist Episcopal (7) · Holiness (6)
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 South Carolina counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Berkeley 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 30 disaster declarations covering Berkeley County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: hurricane (17 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 Berkeley 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.