Church of God Congregations in Florida: 956 Churches Mapped by County and City

Florida holds 956 Church of God congregations in the Churches List directory, the largest count for the tradition in any state and 8.3 percent of its 11,477 national listings. The label covers the Church of God family of holiness and Pentecostal bodies, the largest of them headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee, whose southeastern expansion made Florida its strongest mission field through the 20th century.

The congregations spread across 261 Florida cities. Jacksonville leads with 58, followed by Miami at 46 and Tampa at 33, but the tradition's depth shows in the next tier: Fort Lauderdale (24), Orlando (21), and a band of mid-sized cities from Ocala to West Palm Beach each holding 14 or 15 congregations.

Which Florida cities have the most Church of God churches?

The urban counts track two migrations at once. The northern cities, Jacksonville foremost, reflect the tradition's early-1900s spread down from its Appalachian base. The southern counts, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, reflect the Caribbean immigration of the late 20th century: Church of God bodies grew rapidly in Jamaican, Haitian, and Bahamian communities, and South Florida's congregations carry that growth.

A selection of Church of God congregations across Florida

The table holds 60 of the 956 Church of God congregations listed in Florida, selected for record completeness. The Church of God tradition page and the Florida state page hold the complete lists.

Where Church of God congregations stand in Florida: the map

How Church of God's Florida footprint compares nationally

Nationally the directory lists 11,477 Church of God congregations, making it one of the largest tradition labels in the dataset. Florida's 956 lead second-place contenders by a wide margin, and 135 of the Florida congregations publish websites. Two hold register-listed buildings, a small number that fits the tradition's architectural history: Church of God congregations historically built modest and built new, leaving few pre-war sanctuaries to list.

How this map was assembled

Counts come from the Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026: 956 congregations in Florida carry the Church of God tradition label, out of 11,477 nationwide and 14,963 Florida churches of all traditions. Tradition labels derive from each congregation's source records and self-description; 135 of the Florida listings carry a website. The directory does not rank congregations. Corrections are applied through the corrections page.

Related reading in The Letter: the Jacksonville church guide covers the city with the tradition's largest single concentration, and getting to church without a car in Tampa includes 19 transit-reachable Church of God congregations. The Church of God tradition page lists all 11,477 congregations nationwide.