Dayton, OH

Finding a Church in Dayton: 564 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

14 minute read Churches List editorial desk

Ohio industrial-city stone church with a clock tower beside a canal bridge, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.
Ohio industrial-city stone church with a clock tower beside a canal bridge, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.

Dayton lists 564 congregations inside its river bends. This guide sorts the traditions, maps the densest blocks, and explains what a newcomer finds.

564congregations inside Dayton
39distinct traditions represented
107listings with a church website

Dayton holds 564 Christian congregations in the Churches List directory across 33 ZIP codes inside the Great Miami River's bends. For a mid-sized city, Dayton's roster carries one nationally unusual feature: 73 congregations of the Brethren family, by far the largest Brethren concentration in this guide series, rooted in the German Baptist Brethren settlement of the Miami Valley and the Church of the Brethren institutions that grew from it.

Baptist congregations lead the overall count at 114 listings. Non-Denominational churches number 50, Church of God 45, and Catholic parishes 42, with the Brethren block making Dayton's distribution unlike any other Ohio city in the directory.

Which traditions have the most churches in Dayton?

Dayton's 564 listings divide among roughly three dozen traditions, including 29 Church of Christ congregations. Five Dayton buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings, among them Sacred Heart Church (listed 1987) and Saint Adalbert Polish Church (listed 1991), both monuments of the East Dayton immigrant wards that the 20th-century factories built and filled.

Congregations by tradition, Dayton (June 11, 2026)

Baptist Churches114
Brethren73
Non-Denominational50
Church of God45
Catholic42
Church of Christ29
Methodist28
United Church of Christ19
Lutheran19
Church of the Nazarene16
Community15
Presbyterian11

Which Dayton churches hold National Register of Historic Places listings?

5 Dayton church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. The register-listed congregations in this directory include Holy Cross (listed 1991); Sacred Heart Church (listed 1987); Saint Adalbert Polish Church (listed 1991); Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (listed 2023); First Lutheran Church (listed 1983).

A sortable selection of Dayton churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of Dayton's 564 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The Dayton city page lists every congregation.

60 selected congregations of 564 listed in Dayton
ChurchTraditionStreetZIPRecords
Holy CrossCatholic22 Notre Dame Ave.45404National Register, website
Faith Evangelical Lutheran ChurchLutheran3315 Martel Drive45420National Register
First Lutheran ChurchLutheran138 West 1St Street45402National Register
Sacred Heart ChurchCatholic217 West 4Th Street45402National Register
Saint Adalbert Polish ChurchCatholic1212 St Adelbert Avenue45404National Register
Abundant Season Anointed Ministries InternationalNon-Denominational643 Troy St45404website
Aldersgate United Methodist ChurchMethodist5464 Old Troy Pike45424website
Beavercreek Church of the BrethrenBrethren1676 Woods Dr45432website
Beavercreek Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist670 Grange Hall Rd45430website
Belmont Church of ChristChurch of Christ3003 South Smithville Road45420website
Belmont United Methodist ChurchMethodist2701 S Smithville Rd45420website
Bethany Church of ChristChurch of Christ2755 East Stroop Road45440website
Calvary Chapel DaytonCalvary Chapel4197 Daytonxenia Rd.45432website
Celebration Worship MinistriesNon-Denominational1444 Darst Ave45403website
Centerville Community ChurchCommunity10688 Dayton Lebanon Pike45458website
Centerville First ChurchNon-Denominational10227 Dayton Lebanon Pike45458website
Centerville United Methodist ChurchMethodist63 E Franklin St45459website
Christ the King Anglican ChurchAnglican925 N. Main St.45405website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ450 Turner Road45415website
Church of Christ of East DaytonChurch of Christ3415 Linden Avenue45410website
Church of the IncarnationCatholic55 Williamsburg Lane45459website
College Hill Community Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical1547 Philadelphia Dr45406website
Corpus ChristiCatholic220 W. Siebenthaler Avenue45405website
Corpus Christi ChurchCatholic224 Squirrel Road45405website
Corpus Christi ChurchCatholic249 Squirrel Road45405website
County Line Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches2234 County Line Road45430website
Dayton Greenmont-Oak Park CommunityUnited Church of Christ1921 Woodman Dr45401website
Dayton Hungarian Evangelical & ReformedUnited Church of Christ4475 Troy St45401website
Dayton MemorialUnited Church of Christ2338 E Fifth St45401website
Dayton New LifeChurch of the Nazarene4400 Powell Rd.45424website
Dayton Saint John'sUnited Church of Christ515 E Third St45401website
Dayton Shiloh ChurchUnited Church of Christ5300 Philadelphia Dr45401website
Dayton Zion MemorialUnited Church of Christ4000 S Dixie Dr45401website
Dryden Road Pentecostal ChurchPentecostal3201 Dryden Road45439website
Due Season MinistriesCharismaticPo Box 6022545406website
Due Season Ministries InternationalNon-Denominational1739 Burroughs Drive45406website
Fairview United Methodist ChurchMethodist828 W Fairview Ave45406website
Faith Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical5555 Chambersburg Rd45424website
Far Hills Community ChurchBaptist Churches5800 Clyo Rd45459website
First Baptist Church of DaytonBaptist Churches111 West Monument Avenue45402website
First General Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches1002 Woodley Road45403website
First Pentecostal ChurchPentecostal8921 North Dixie Drive45414website
Forest Ridge Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches6890 Union Schoolhouse Road45424website
Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchLutheran901 East Stroop Road45429website
Grace Community ChurchCommunity5001 Fishburg Road45424website
Grace Dayton United Methodist ChurchMethodist1001 Harvard Blvd45406website
Grace Vineyard ChurchVineyard1100 Watervliet Avenue45420website
Hillcrest Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Dayton)Seventh Day Adventist4201 W Hillcrest Ave45406website
Hillcrest Brethren ChurchBrethren15 West Hillcrest Avenue45405website
Holy AngelsCatholic1322 Brown Street45409website
Holy Angels ChurchCatholic218 K Street45409website
Holy FamilyCatholic310 Allen St.45410website
Holy Family ChurchCatholic140 South Findlay Street45403website
In His Presence World MinistriesNon-Denominational3308 Old Troy Pike45404website
Kettering David'sUnited Church of Christ170 W David Rd45408website
King of Glory MinistriesChurch of God in Christ2231 Embury Park Rd .45414website
Knollwood Church of ChristChurch of Christ1031 Welford Drive45434website
Landmark Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches4242 Needmore Road45424website
Living HopeChurch of the Nazarene1150 W. Spring Valley Pike45458website
McKinley United Methodist ChurchMethodist196 Hawthorne Street45402website

Where Dayton's churches stand: the map

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

How to choose a church in Dayton: a practical checklist

Most Dayton listings carry a phone number; 107 of 564 carry a website. A workable sequence:

  • Filter the table by tradition; with the Brethren, Baptist, and Church of God geographies each distinct, the filter separates the city quickly.
  • Use the map to group candidates by river side; Dayton's bridges concentrate Sunday routes more than the street grid suggests.
  • Call before a first visit, particularly for the smaller Brethren and holiness congregations that meet in modest buildings with irregular signage.
  • File corrections through the corrections page; edits typically post within two business days.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 564 congregations inside Dayton across 33 ZIP codes. 552 of those listings carry a phone number and 107 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 5 Dayton 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 Dayton's five, and Ohio's 467 Nazarene congregations maps the holiness-movement geography that overlaps the Miami Valley. The Ohio state page lists all 15,714 Ohio churches.