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Finding a Church in Cleveland: 1,063 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

15 minute read Churches List editorial desk

A stone gothic revival church among cleveland brick rowhouses under a lake-effect sky, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.
A stone gothic revival church among cleveland brick rowhouses under a lake-effect sky, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.

Cleveland holds 1,063 congregations inside the city limits. This guide sorts every tradition, maps the densest church corridors, and explains what a newcomer finds behind each door.

1,063congregations inside Cleveland
42distinct traditions represented
171listings with a church website

Cleveland holds 1,063 Christian congregations in the Churches List directory, spread across 50 ZIP codes from the lakefront wards to the southeast side. A newcomer choosing among them faces a practical problem: the city has 42 distinct traditions, and no single neighborhood samples more than a fraction of them. This guide is built for that decision.

The directory data shows where to start. Baptist congregations are Cleveland's largest group at 229 listings, concentrated on the East Side, where the Great Migration planted hundreds of congregations between 1915 and 1960. Catholic parishes follow at 160, the legacy of Czech, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, and Italian wards that each built a national parish within walking distance of the mills.

Which traditions have the most churches in Cleveland?

Five traditions account for 671 of Cleveland's 1,063 listings: Baptist (229), Catholic (160), Non-Denominational (126), Church of God (82), and Lutheran (74). The remaining 392 congregations divide among 37 smaller traditions, which means Cleveland still offers a Lutheran service in the old German wards, a United Church of Christ congregation descended from the Western Reserve's Connecticut founders (41 listings), and Orthodox parishes from the steel-era Slavic settlement. The bars below show every tradition with its directory count; each label links to that tradition's full Cleveland list.

Congregations by tradition, Cleveland (June 11, 2026)

Baptist Churches229
Catholic160
Non-Denominational126
Church of God82
Lutheran74
United Church of Christ41
Christian32
Methodist30
Church of Christ28
Christian Schools27
African Methodist Episcopal23
Presbyterian20

Which Cleveland churches hold National Register of Historic Places listings?

14 Cleveland church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. The register-listed congregations in this directory include New Home Missionary Baptist Church (listed 2025); Saint John Church Ame (listed 1982); Liberty Hill Baptist Church (listed 2024); Shiloh Baptist Church (listed 1982); Euclid Avenue Christian Church (listed 1980); Holy Rosary Church (listed 1976); Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (listed 1980); Pilgrim Congregational Church (listed 1976); First Hispanic United Methodist Church (listed 1995); Old Stone Church (listed 1973).

A sortable selection of Cleveland churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of Cleveland's 1,063 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The Cleveland city page lists every congregation.

60 selected congregations of 1,063 listed in Cleveland
ChurchTraditionStreetZIPRecords
Saint John Church AmeAfrican Methodist Episcopal10826 Ashbury Avenue44106National Register, website
Calvary Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian2020 East 79Th Street44103National Register
Cory United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist1117 East 105Th Street44108National Register
Euclid Avenue Christian ChurchChristian3663 Mayfield Road44121National Register
First Hispanic United Methodist ChurchMethodist1965 W 44Th St44113National Register
Holy Rosary ChurchCatholic12021 Mayfield Road44106National Register
Liberty Hill Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches8206 Euclid Avenue44103National Register
New Home Missionary Baptist ChurchBaptist Missionary Association of America15225 Sunview Avenue44128National Register
North Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian4001 Superior Avenue44103National Register
Old Stone ChurchNon-Denominational91 Public Square44113National Register
Pilgrim Congregational ChurchCongregational2592 West 14Th Street44113National Register
Saint Paul's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal15837 Euclid Avenue44112National Register
Shiloh Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches5500 Scovill Avenue44104National Register
Zion Lutheran ChurchLutheran2062 East 30Th Street44115National Register
Advent Lutheran Church EvangelicalLutheran5525 Harper Road44139website
Annunciation ChurchCatholic4510 Holiday Circle44109website
Antioch Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches8869 Cedar Ave44117website
Archwood United Church of ChristUnited Church of Christ2800 Archwood Avenue44109website
Bethany Assembly of GodAssemblies of God6195 Broadview Road44134website
Bethany Covenant ChurchNon-Denominational5120 Ridgebury Boulevard44124website
Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLutheran3740 Mayfield Rd.44138website
Blessed SacramentCatholic3381 Fulton Rd.44102website
Broadview Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches4505 Broadview Road44109website
Broadview Road Church of ChristChurch of Christ5964 Broadview Road44134website
Broadway Christian ChurchDisciples Of Christ5920 Engel Avenue44127website
Broadway Christian ChurchChristian5920 Engel Avenue44127website
Broadway United Methodist ChurchMethodist5246 Broadway Ave44127website
Brooklyn Heights United ChurchNon-Denominational2005 West Schaaf Road44109website
Brooklyn Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist4651 State Rd44109website
Calvary Chapel of ClevelandAfrican Methodist Episcopal6770 Brookpark Road44129website
Ch of Western Reserve Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical30500 Fairmount Blvd44124website
Christ the KingCatholic1862 Noble Rd.44121website
Church AliveNon-Denominational4840 State44109website
Church of Christ at Lorain AvenueChurch of Christ13501 Lorain Avenue44111website
Church of Covenant Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical11205 Euclid Ave44106website
Church of God Seventh DayChurch of God4011 Bridge Avenue44113website
Church of the CovenantPresbyterian11205 Euclid Avenue44106website
Church of the EpiphanyCatholic21000 Lake Shore Boulevard44123website
Church of Western ReserveNon-Denominational30500 Fairmount Boulevard44124website
Cleveland ArchwoodUnited Church of Christ2800 Archwood Ave44101website
Cleveland Chinese ChurchNon-Denominational474 Trebisky Road44143website
Cleveland Denison AvenueUnited Church of Christ9900 Denison Ave44101website
Cleveland Euclid Avenue CongregationalUnited Church of Christ9606 Euclid Ave44101website
Cleveland Korean ChurchNon-Denominational4839 Pearl Road44109website
Cleveland Pilgrim CongregationalUnited Church of Christ2592 W 14Th St44101website
Cleveland Saint Paul's CommunityUnited Church of Christ4427 Franklin Blvd44101website
Cleveland West ParkUnited Church of Christ3909 Rocky River Dr44102website
Cleveland West Side Hungarian Reformed ChurchUnited Church of Christ15300 Puritas Ave44102website
Cleveland Zion United Church of ChristUnited Church of Christ2716 W 14Th St44101website
Conversion of St PaulCatholic4120 Euclid Ave44103website
Cornerstone Community ChurchCommunity1400 Lander Road44124website
Cove United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist12501 Lake Avenue44107website
Diocese of OhioEpiscopalTrinity Commons, 2230 Euclid Ave.44115website
Disciples House of PrayerInterdenominational4460 West 139 Street44135website
Disciples House of PrayerFull Gospel216Xxxxxxx 2978 W. 25Th Street44103website
Divinity Lutheran Church AlcLutheran11877 Blossom Avenue44130website
Ebenezer Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist7322 Elton Ave44102website
Epworth-Euclid ChurchNon-Denominational1919 East 107Th Street44106website
Fairview Community Church BaptistCommunity21220 Lorain Road44126website
Faith Church PreschoolChristian Schools575 Richmond Road44143website

Where Cleveland's churches stand: the map

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

How to choose a church in Cleveland: a practical checklist

Cleveland church listings carry enough data to shortlist before visiting: 1,048 of the 1,063 entries include a phone number, and 171 include a website. A workable method for a newcomer:

  • Filter the table below to a tradition, then open two or three church pages and compare service notes.
  • Call before a first visit. Cleveland congregations move and merge often, and a 90-second call confirms the schedule that no directory can guarantee.
  • Check the map for what is actually reachable from home. Cleveland's East and West Sides are 30 minutes apart on a Sunday morning.
  • If a listing is wrong, the church or any visitor can file a fix on the corrections page; edits are typically applied within two days.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 1,063 congregations inside Cleveland across 50 ZIP codes. 1,048 of those listings carry a phone number and 171 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 14 Cleveland 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 churches on the National Register of Historic Places includes 17 Cuyahoga County buildings, and Ohio's 1,278 Methodist congregations explains the circuit system behind the state's church grid. The Ohio state page lists all 15,714 Ohio churches in the directory.