By founding year · 47 churches

Oldest churches in North Carolina

47 of the directory's matches for this index are in North Carolina. The longest-standing churches in the directory, ordered by founding year as recorded in Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Years reflect those public sources.

№ 01

Edenton Baptist Church

Edenton, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1701

Georgian architecture · Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina

№ 02

First Presbyterian Church

New Bern, NC Evangelical Est. 1820

№ 03

Saint James Church

Wilmington, NC Catholic Est. 1839

№ 04

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

Hertford, NC Episcopal Est. 1850

Gothic Revival

№ 05

Trinity Episcopal Church

Scotland Neck, NC Episcopal Est. 1855

Gothic Revival

№ 06

First Presbyterian Church

Franklin, NC Presbyterian Est. 1856

№ 07

First Baptist Church

Raleigh, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1859

№ 08

Black River Presbyterian Church

Ivanhoe, NC Evangelical Est. 1859

№ 09

First Baptist Church

Raleigh, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1859

№ 10

Forestville Baptist Church

Wake Forest, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1860

Renaissance Revival architecture

№ 11

Saint Paul Ame Church

Chapel Hill, NC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1864

№ 12

St James Episcopal Church

Kittrell, NC Episcopal Est. 1872

Services at 3 p.m. every second and fourth Sunday.

Carpenter Gothic

№ 13

Saint Paul Ame Church

Raleigh, NC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1884

Gothic Revival

№ 14

First Baptist Church

Eden, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1886

Gothic Revival

№ 15

Grace Baptist Church

Eden, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1886

Gothic Revival

№ 16

Saint Agnes Episcopal Church

Franklin, NC Episcopal Est. 1888

№ 17

Church of the Transfiguration

Saluda, NC Episcopal Est. 1889

№ 18

Saint Peter Catholic Church

Charlotte, NC Catholic Est. 1893

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

№ 19

Saint Luke Episcopal Church

Asheville, NC Episcopal Est. 1894

№ 20

First Presbyterian Church

Raleigh, NC Presbyterian Est. 1900

№ 21

Gaston Chapel Ame Church

Morganton, NC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1900

№ 22

First Presbyterian Church

Raleigh, NC Presbyterian Est. 1900

№ 23

Grace Episcopal Church

Lexington, NC Episcopal Est. 1902

№ 24

Mount Zion Baptist Church

Salisbury, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1907

Gothic Revival

№ 25

Saint Mary Catholic Church

Wilmington, NC Catholic Est. 1912

Spanish Baroque architecture · Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh

№ 26

First Baptist Church

Forest City, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1915

Neoclassical architecture

№ 27

First Presbyterian Church

Lincolnton, NC Presbyterian Est. 1917

№ 28

First Baptist Church

Reidsville, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1918

№ 29

First Christian Church United Church of Christ

Burlington, NC United Church of Christ Est. 1920

Neoclassical architecture

№ 30

First Baptist Church

Lincolnton, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1920

Neoclassical architecture

№ 31

Burlington First Christian

Alamance, NC United Church of Christ Est. 1920

Neoclassical architecture

№ 32

Providence Baptist Church

Lincolnton, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1920

Neoclassical architecture

№ 33

Mount Sinai Baptist Church

Eden, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1921

№ 34

First Baptist Church

Andrews, NC Baptist Churches Est. 1923

Neoclassical architecture

№ 35

Trinity Ame Zion Church

New Bern, NC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1923

№ 36

Saint Peter Ame Zion Church

New Bern, NC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1923

№ 37

Sacred Heart

Raleigh, NC Catholic Est. 1924

Gothic Revival · Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh

№ 38

Crossnore Presbyterian Church

Crossnore, NC Presbyterian Est. 1924

№ 39

Crossnore Presbyterian Church

Crossnore, NC Evangelical Est. 1924

№ 40

Saint Philips Episcopal Church

Brevard, NC Episcopal Est. 1926

Romanesque Revival architecture

№ 41

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church

Eden, NC Episcopal Est. 1926

№ 42

Saint Philip's Church

Brevard, NC Episcopal Est. 1926

Romanesque Revival architecture

№ 43

One in Christ Christian Fellowship

High Point, NC Non-Denominational Est. 1968

Sunday Worship: 9:30 AM Tuesday Night Teaching: 7:15 PM
№ 44

North Raleigh Christian Church

Raleigh, NC Christian Est. 1972

№ 45

North Raleigh United Methodist Church

Raleigh, NC United Methodist Est. 1972

Sunday worship services at 8:30 & 11:00; Sunday school for all ages at 9:45. Terrific music program, children's and youth ministries, missions outreach, and Stephen Ministry!
№ 46

Metropolitan Community Church

Raleigh, NC Community Est. 1976

№ 47

Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Office

Boone, NC Catholic Est. 1988

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