Churches List A Directory of American Churches
State statistics · updated June 2026

How many churches are in Minnesota?

Minnesota has 5,828 church listings in the Churches List directory, spread across 757 cities and towns. 174 listings are verified, 5,743 include a phone number, and 2,474 publish a website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 5,966 congregations of 163 religious bodies in Minnesota, with 2,824,264 reported adherents across 87 counties. 44 Minnesota church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings@if ($wayback > 0), and 10 of the state's church websites were already archived by the Internet Archive before 2001@endif.

5,828
Directory listings
5,966
2020 Census congregations
2,824,264
2020 Census adherents
44
NRHP churches
MN capital N
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Largest religious bodies in Minnesota (2020 US Religion Census)

Religious body Congregations Adherents
Catholic Church 662 1,111,644
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 999 607,275
Non-denominational Christian Churches 454 167,891
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 435 151,221
Assemblies of God 254 119,851
Muslim Estimate 72 114,590
United Methodist Church 329 73,529
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 138 53,294
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ 109 45,154
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 76 33,276
Jehovah's Witnesses 138 28,334
Christian and Missionary Alliance 88 27,362
United Church of Christ 123 26,824
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 149 25,909
Evangelical Covenant Church 119 19,340
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Largest traditions in the Minnesota directory

Tradition Listings
Lutheran 1,758
Catholic 749
Non-Denominational 525
Baptist Churches 443
Evangelical 250
United Methodist 249
Methodist 241
Assemblies of God 167
Community 143
Episcopal 131
Presbyterian 128
African Methodist Episcopal 101
Seventh Day Adventist 93
Christian 91
Church of Christ 73
Where the churches are

Minnesota cities with the most listings

Minnesota counties

Sources and method

Directory figures are live counts from the Churches List database for Minnesota (MN) as of June 2026. Congregations and adherents come from the 2020 US Religion Census, a county-level enumeration reported by religious bodies and aggregated here to the state; its methodology differs from a directory count and the two will not match. Historic-register counts join National Register of Historic Places listings to directory churches. Statistics for other states: Texas · California · Pennsylvania · North Carolina · Ohio · Florida · Illinois · Georgia · New York · Michigan. See also the national statistics page, the Minnesota directory, and dataset licensing.