Cincinnati, OH

Finding a Church in Cincinnati: 751 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

15 minute read Churches List editorial desk

Hillside cincinnati basilica with twin spires above the ohio river, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.
Hillside cincinnati basilica with twin spires above the ohio river, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.

Cincinnati's seven hills hold 751 congregations. This guide sorts the German Catholic legacy, the Baptist corridors, and everything between, neighborhood by neighborhood.

751congregations inside Cincinnati
36distinct traditions represented
201listings with a church website

Cincinnati holds 751 Christian congregations in the Churches List directory, fitted into 53 ZIP codes of hillside neighborhoods. Topography shaped this church map more than planning did: each hill village that the city absorbed kept its own parish, its own Baptist church, and often its own German-speaking congregation, and the directory still reflects that mosaic.

Baptist congregations lead the count at 181 listings. Catholic parishes follow at 105, the visible remainder of the 19th-century German Catholic settlement that made Cincinnati a national center of German-American church life, with a basilica, a seminary, and beer-funded parish endowments to match.

Which traditions have the most churches in Cincinnati?

Cincinnati's 751 listings divide among 36 traditions. Behind Baptist (181) and Catholic (105) come Church of God (58), Non-Denominational (51), Methodist (47), and Church of Christ (40). Seventeen Cincinnati church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings, the most of any Ohio city in this directory, and the oldest of them anchor Over-the-Rhine, the neighborhood with the country's largest collection of pre-1880 urban fabric.

Congregations by tradition, Cincinnati (June 11, 2026)

Baptist Churches181
Catholic105
Church of God58
Non-Denominational51
Methodist47
Church of Christ40
Presbyterian30
Lutheran26
United Church of Christ25
Evangelical24
Christian22
Episcopal21

Which Cincinnati churches hold National Register of Historic Places listings?

17 Cincinnati church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. The register-listed congregations in this directory include Grace Temple Apostolic Church (listed 1973); Price Hill Baptist Church (listed 2017); Spring Grove Baptist Church (listed 1980); Walnut Hills Baptist Church (listed 1980); Winton Place Baptist Church (listed 1980); St. Peter in Chains (listed 1973); Old Saint Mary's Church (listed 1976); Saint Francis De Sales Church (listed 1974); Cincinnati Clifton Avenue (listed 1978); Calvary Episcopal Church (listed 1980).

A sortable selection of Cincinnati churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of Cincinnati's 751 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The Cincinnati city page lists every congregation.

60 selected congregations of 751 listed in Cincinnati
ChurchTraditionStreetZIPRecords
Clifton United Methodist ChurchMethodist3416 Clifton Ave45220National Register, website
Covenant First Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian717 Elm Street45202National Register, website
St. Peter in ChainsCatholic325 W. Eighth St.45202National Register, website
Westwood United Methodist ChurchMethodist3460 Epworth Ave45211National Register, website
California United Methodist ChurchMethodist5751 Kellogg Ave45228National Register
Calvary Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal3766 Clifton Avenue45220National Register
Cincinnati Clifton AvenueChurch of the Nazarene3722 Clifton Ave.45220National Register
Faith United Church of ChristUnited Church of Christ6886 Salem Road45230National Register
Grace Temple Apostolic ChurchApostolic6714 Savannah Avenue45239National Register
Hyde Park Bethlehem United Methodist ChurchMethodist3799 Hyde Park Ave45209National Register
Old Saint Mary's ChurchCatholic123 East 13Th Street45210National Register
Price Hill Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches4431 Glenway Avenue45205National Register
Saint Francis De Sales ChurchCatholic1600 Madison Road45206National Register
Salem United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist6137 Salem Road45230National Register
Spring Grove Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches1400 Chase Avenue45223National Register
Walnut Hills Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches2386 Kemper Lane45206National Register
Winton Place Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches4600 North Edgewood Avenue45232National Register
Abundant Life Faith FellowshipVineyard2740 Hyannis Drive45251website
Anderson Ferry Church of ChristChurch of Christ380 Greenwell Avenue45238website
Anderson Hills United Methodist ChurchMethodist7515 Forest Rd45255website
Ashland Avenue Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches4255 Ashland Avenue45212website
Bells Lane Baptist Church IncBaptist Churches4596 Bells Lane45244website
Bible Chapel of Delhi HillsOther Christian Services705 Pontius Road45233website
Bible Way Church of God in ChristChurch of God in Christ3231 Woodburn Avenue45207website
Brecon United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist7388 East Kemper Road45249website
Bridgetown Church of ChristChristian3854 Race Road45211website
Bright Star Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches809 Charlotte Street45214website
Carthage Church of the NazareneChurch of the Nazarene33 West 65Th45216website
Cheviot United Methodist ChurchMethodist3820 Westwood Northern Blvd45211website
Christ Church - GlendaleEpiscopal965 Forest Ave45246website
Christ Church of GlendaleLutheran985 Forest Avenue45246website
Christian Science ChurchChristian Science7341 Beechmont Avenue45230website
Christ Lutheran ChurchLutheran3301 Compton Road45251website
Christ's Church of the DeafChurch of Christ5064 Sidney Road45238website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ4667 Cooper Road45242website
Church of Christ EvendaleChurch of Christ3789 Glendale Milford Road45241website
Church of Christ Kennedy HeightsChurch of Christ5930 Red Bank Road45213website
Church of GodChurch of God1692 State Avenue45204website
Church of Our Saviour/La Iglesia De Nuestro SalvadorEpiscopal65 E. Hollister St.45219website
Church of the AssumptionCatholic7711 Joseph Street45231website
Church of the RedeemerEpiscopal2944 Erie Avenue45208website
Church of the Risen Christ for AllNon-Denominational2363 Reading Road45202website
Cincinnati Bibleway ChurchNon-Denominational5103 Chapman Street45227website
Cincinnati CarthageChurch of the NazareneFairpark And 65Th St.45217website
Cincinnati Chinese ChurchNon-Denominational1393 Compton Road45231website
Cincinnati Fleming Road United Church of ChristUnited Church of Christ691 Fleming Rd45215website
Cincinnati Real Life Assembly of GodAssemblies of God9890 Colerain Avenue45251website
Cincinnati Saint JohnUnited Church of Christ729 Jefferson Ave45201website
Cincinnati Saint Peter's/Pleasant RidgeUnited Church of Christ6120 Ridge Ave45201website
Clifton Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist3800 Clifton Avenue45220website
Clifton Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist3800 Clifton Ave45220website
College Hill Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical5742 Hamilton Ave45224website
Columbia Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches3718 Eastern Avenue45226website
Connect Christian ChurchNon-Denominational3950 Britton Blvd45245website
Crossroads Community ChurchInterdenominational3500 Madison Road45209website
Dayspring Church of GodChurch of God1060 Smiley Avenue45240website
Diocese of Southern OhioEpiscopal412 Sycamore St45202website
Eden Chapel United Methodist ChurchMethodist150 Dahlia45233website
Emmanuel Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Cincinnati)Seventh Day Adventist8359 Burns Ave45216website
Evangelical Community ChurchEvangelical2191 Struble Road (Church) 2192 Springdale Road (Office)45231website

Where Cincinnati's churches stand: the map

The map shows the 60 selected congregations from the table above.

How to choose a church in Cincinnati: a practical checklist

739 of Cincinnati's 751 listings carry a phone number and 201 carry a website. A practical approach:

  • Filter by tradition, then read street addresses with the hills in mind: two churches a half mile apart may be separated by a valley and a 15-minute drive.
  • Open the church pages of register-listed buildings if architecture matters to you; the Records column flags all 17.
  • Call before visiting. Smaller hillside congregations share pastors and alternate service sites more than their listings reveal.
  • Use the corrections page for any stale detail; fixes typically post within two business days.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 751 congregations inside Cincinnati across 53 ZIP codes. 739 of those listings carry a phone number and 201 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 17 Cincinnati churches hold listings. Churches List does not rank congregations: the table sorts alphabetically within record-completeness groups, and the directory applies corrections submitted by churches, usually within two business days, through the corrections page.

Related reading in The Letter: Ohio's 157 register-listed churches includes the full Hamilton County list, and Ohio's 467 Nazarene congregations maps a tradition born partly in this corner of the state. The Ohio state page lists all 15,714 Ohio churches.