Houston County, Tennessee has 38 churches in the Churches List directory, 2 of them verified and 11 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 28 congregations and 3,029 adherents across 11 religious bodies in the county. That is 365 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 8,288 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Nazarene | 2 | 1,007 | 121.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 5 | 667 | 80.5 |
| United Methodist Church | 7 | 416 | 50.2 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 2 | 300 | 36.2 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | 2 | 152 | 18.3 |
| Catholic Church | 1 | 120 | 14.5 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian | 4 | 111 | 13.4 |
| Churches of Christ | 2 | 100 | 12.1 |
| Assemblies of God | 1 | 80 | 9.7 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | 1 | 76 | 9.2 |
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 (8,288). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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Bethany is a very old small country church where people have worshipped for almost 150 years. Everyone is welcome to join us. Sunday school is at 10:15, followed by worship service...
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Bethany is a very old small country church where people have worshipped for over 180 years. Everyone is welcome to join us. Worship service is Sunday at 11:00.
Directory traditions here: Methodist (9) · Baptist Churches (7) · Non-Denominational (4) · Church of the Nazarene (3) · Presbyterian (3) · United Methodist (2) · Catholic (1) · Church of Christ (1) · Church of God of Prophecy (1) · Apostolic (1)
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 Tennessee counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Houston 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 28 disaster declarations covering Houston County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: severe storm (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 Houston 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.