Sumner County, Tennessee has 210 churches in the Churches List directory, 6 of them verified and 40 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 216 congregations and 105,169 adherents across 33 religious bodies in the county. That is 536 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 196,285 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 42 | 41,019 | 209.0 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 46 | 28,600 | 145.7 |
| Catholic Church | 2 | 8,200 | 41.8 |
| Churches of Christ | 32 | 7,154 | 36.4 |
| United Methodist Church | 20 | 6,868 | 35.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 4 | 2,024 | 10.3 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 7 | 1,783 | 9.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 6 | 1,647 | 8.4 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 4 | 1,172 | 6.0 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | 3 | 1,098 | 5.6 |
| General Association of General Baptists | 3 | 990 | 5.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 5 | 796 | 4.1 |
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 (196,285). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic 1896 Dry Fork Church Bible study at 10:00am and worship is at 11:00am every Sunday.
A church preaching Christ and Him crucified and attempting to fulfill the command that we have love one for another. Worship Sunday at 10am, fellowship meal every Sunday at 11:00am...
Jessica Fox
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (69) · Non-Denominational (27) · Church of Christ (19) · African Methodist Episcopal (18) · Methodist (16) · United Methodist (12) · Presbyterian (7) · Church of God (6) · Seventh Day Adventist (6) · Assemblies of God (5)
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 Sumner 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 22 disaster declarations covering Sumner County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: severe storm (13 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 Sumner 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.