Churches in Harrison County
Harrison County, Texas has 110 churches in the Churches List directory, 4 of them verified and 21 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 148 congregations and 32,123 adherents across 28 religious bodies in the county. That is 467 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 68,832 people.
Religious bodies in Harrison County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 50 | 17,794 | 258.5 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 13 | 3,314 | 48.1 |
| Catholic Church | 3 | 2,692 | 39.1 |
| United Methodist Church | 17 | 2,002 | 29.1 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 8 | 1,368 | 19.9 |
| Churches of Christ | 9 | 735 | 10.7 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | 5 | 630 | 9.2 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 3 | 520 | 7.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 494 | 7.2 |
| Church of God in Christ | 4 | 440 | 6.4 |
| Episcopal Church | 2 | 429 | 6.2 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian | 1 | 403 | 5.9 |
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 (68,832). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Notable churches in Harrison County
№ 01
First United Methodist Church
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Emmanuel Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Antioch Church
Saint Paul's Church
Faith Works Mnistries
Derrick Holmes
Bell Street Independent Church
Waskom Community Church
Wesley United Methodist Church
Pine Forest Baptist Church
Northside Church of Christ
Bear Springs Church of Christ
Cities and towns in Harrison County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (38) · Methodist (19) · Church of Christ (10) · Non-Denominational (8) · United Methodist (4) · Church of God (4) · Presbyterian (4) · Catholic (3) · Seventh Day Adventist (3) · Pentecostal (2)
Researching ancestors from Harrison 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 Texas counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Harrison 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 Harrison County
FEMA has issued 28 disaster declarations covering Harrison County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2024. The most frequent cause: hurricane (7 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 Harrison 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.