Runnels County, Texas has 23 churches in the Churches List directory, 1 of them verified and 5 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 37 congregations and 8,460 adherents across 14 religious bodies in the county. That is 855 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 9,898 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 12 | 4,029 | 407.1 |
| Catholic Church | 5 | 2,828 | 285.7 |
| United Methodist Church | 3 | 421 | 42.5 |
| Churches of Christ | 7 | 367 | 37.1 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 2 | 320 | 32.3 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ | 1 | 160 | 16.2 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 1 | 84 | 8.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 1 | 68 | 6.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 1 | 66 | 6.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 1 | 65 | 6.6 |
| Baha'i Faith USA | 0 | 25 | 2.5 |
| Assemblies of God | 1 | 18 | 1.8 |
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 (9,898). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Directory traditions here: Catholic (6) · Baptist Churches (4) · Church of Christ (3) · United Methodist (2) · Methodist (1) · Lutheran (1) · Church of the Nazarene (1) · Non-Denominational (1) · Foursquare (1) · Christian (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 Texas counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Runnels 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 13 disaster declarations covering Runnels County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2021. The most frequent cause: fire (3 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 Runnels 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.