Jefferson County, Texas has 294 churches in the Churches List directory, 1 of them verified and 60 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 408 congregations and 179,404 adherents across 47 religious bodies in the county. That is 699 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 256,521 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 22 | 67,727 | 264.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 101 | 30,788 | 120.0 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 83 | 25,280 | 98.5 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 26 | 10,622 | 41.4 |
| United Methodist Church | 20 | 9,010 | 35.1 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | 11 | 6,269 | 24.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 8 | 3,952 | 15.4 |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. | 6 | 3,910 | 15.2 |
| Churches of Christ | 21 | 2,840 | 11.1 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 10 | 2,358 | 9.2 |
| Assemblies of God | 12 | 2,254 | 8.8 |
| Church of God in Christ | 12 | 2,204 | 8.6 |
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 (256,521). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Non Denominational: Carl Durden, Pastor
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (97) · Non-Denominational (44) · Catholic (27) · Methodist (17) · Church of Christ (16) · Church of God (11) · Christian (10) · United Methodist (9) · Lutheran (8) · Pentecostal (7)
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 Jefferson 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 31 disaster declarations covering Jefferson County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2024. The most frequent cause: hurricane (10 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 Jefferson 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.