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Churches in Charleston County

Charleston County, South Carolina has 478 churches in the Churches List directory, 10 of them verified and 83 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 511 congregations and 206,480 adherents across 65 religious bodies in the county. That is 505 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 408,481 people.

478
Directory listings
511
2020 Census congregations
206,480
2020 Census adherents
408,481
Population (2020 Census)
Charleston County SC · 2026
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Religious bodies in Charleston County (2020 US Religion Census)

Religious body Congregations Adherents Per 1,000 pop.
Catholic Church 17 49,788 121.9
Non-denominational Christian Churches 89 39,140 95.8
African Methodist Episcopal Church 64 25,824 63.2
Southern Baptist Convention 65 22,907 56.1
United Methodist Church 41 13,348 32.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 21 11,386 27.9
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. 9 7,722 18.9
Episcopal Church 10 4,927 12.1
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. 12 3,800 9.3
Jehovah's Witnesses 13 3,110 7.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 5 3,080 7.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 11 2,980 7.3

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 (408,481). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.

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Historic-register churches in the county

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Notable churches in Charleston County

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James Island Presbyterian Church

Charleston, SC Presbyterian

4.7 · 43 reviews

Sunday Worship, 8:30 and 11:00 am Nurseries provided for all services

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Coastal Light Baptist Church

Charleston, SC Baptist Churches

4.8 · 31 reviews

An Independent, Fundamental, King James Bible believing Baptist Church standing for old-fashioned values and Biblical principles. Sunday School 9:45 A.M. Sunday Morning 11:00 A.M....

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Morris Brown AME Church

Charleston, SC African Methodist Episcopal

4.8 · 29 reviews

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Trinity Bible Church

Charleston, SC Bible

4.8 · 13 reviews

We love to have visitors join us! We want to welcome you. If you are looking for good Bible preaching, loving members, and fun fellowship, then give Trinity Bible Church the opport...

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Union Baptist Church

North Charleston, SC Baptist Churches

4.6 · 13 reviews

We are the Church that sits beside the road, where Everybody is Somebody and GOD is ALL

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St Thomas Episcopal Church

North Charleston, SC Episcopal

4.4 · 13 reviews

Please see the web site for more information about St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

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Living Hope Baptist Church

North Charleston, SC Baptist Churches

4.7 · 13 reviews

"Located in the Charleston, South Carolina area, Living Hope Baptist Church is an independent body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ, whose collective passion is to worship our...

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Sunrise Church

Sullivans Island, SC Presbyterian

4.1 · 10 reviews

"Nestled at the eastern tip of Sullivan’s Island overlooking the scenic Breach Inlet, Sunrise Presbyterian Church is a resilient and welcoming spiritual hub for the Lowcountry comm...

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Iglesia Nueva Vida

North Charleston, SC Baptist Churches

5.0 · 1 review

Somos una iglesia con el deseo de ayudar cada persona conocer y crecer en la nueva vida que Cristo Jesus ofrece.

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Saint James Rmue Church

North Charleston, SC Methodist

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Mount Nebo Church of the Living God

North Charleston, SC Non-Denominational

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Olive Branch Ame Church

Mt Pleasant, SC African Methodist Episcopal

Inside the county

Cities and towns in Charleston County

Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (136) · Non-Denominational (69) · Methodist (52) · African Methodist Episcopal (34) · Catholic (31) · Episcopal (21) · Lutheran (18) · United Methodist (16) · Pentecostal (15) · Presbyterian (13)

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How this county page is assembled

Directory listings are mapped to Charleston 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.