Detroit, MI

Finding a Church in Detroit: 813 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

15 minute read Churches List editorial desk

A massive stone romanesque church with rose window among detroit brick warehouses, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.
A massive stone romanesque church with rose window among detroit brick warehouses, rendered in stipple ink with sepia wash.

Detroit holds 813 congregations, one of the great church building stocks in America. The full count by tradition, the historic registers, and where to begin.

813congregations inside Detroit
36distinct traditions represented
179listings with a church website

Detroit lists 813 congregations in the Churches List directory across 35 ZIP codes, and it holds one of the great church building stocks in America: 23 Detroit church buildings carry National Register of Historic Places listings, more than any other city in this directory's data except Philadelphia's county. Most Blessed Sacrament (listed 1982), Sacred Heart (1980), and Saints Peter and Paul (1971) anchor a stone-and-brick inheritance built when the city held two million people.

Baptist congregations lead at 213 listings, Church of God holds 114, Non-Denominational 100, and Catholic 71. African Methodist Episcopal congregations add 41 and Church of God in Christ 32, both central to the city's twentieth-century history.

Which traditions have the most churches in Detroit?

Detroit's church mix is a Great Migration document: the Baptist 213 and the combined 73 AME and COGIC congregations map the neighborhoods that received the migration, while the Catholic 71 marks the Polish, Irish, and Mexican parishes of the industrial belts. The 36 traditions across 813 listings sit inside a city that has lost more than half its population, which is why the building stock outruns the congregation count and why so much of it is register-listed.

Congregations by tradition, Detroit (June 11, 2026)

Baptist Churches213
Church of God114
Non-Denominational100
Catholic71
African Methodist Episcopal41
Church of God in Christ32
Lutheran31
Methodist26
Church of Christ24
Episcopal19
Apostolic18
Christian18

Which Detroit churches hold National Register of Historic Places listings?

23 Detroit church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. The register-listed congregations in this directory include Most Blessed Sacrament (listed 1982); Sacred Heart (listed 1980); Saints Peter and Paul (listed 1971); St. Mary's of Redford (listed 2025); Sweetest Heart of Mary (listed 1978); Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church of Downtown (listed 1972); First Union Baptist Church (listed 1982); King Solomon Baptist Church (listed 2015); New Bethel Baptist Church (listed 2021); Second Baptist Church of Detroit (listed 1975).

A sortable selection of Detroit churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of Detroit's 813 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The Detroit city page lists every congregation.

60 selected congregations of 813 listed in Detroit
ChurchTraditionStreetZIPRecords
Christ Church of DetroitEpiscopal960 East Jefferson Avenue48207National Register, website
First Congregational ChurchCongregational33 East Forest Avenue48201National Register, website
Fort Street Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical631 W Fort St48226National Register, website
Metropolitan United Methodist ChurchMethodist8000 Woodward Ave48202National Register, website
Most Blessed SacramentCatholic9844 Woodward Ave.48202National Register, website
New Bethel Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches8430 C L48206National Register, website
Sacred HeartCatholic1000 Eliot48207National Register, website
Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church of DowntownCatholic646 Monroe Street48226National Register, website
Saints Peter and PaulCatholic7685 Grandville Ave.48228National Register, website
Second Baptist Church of DetroitBaptist Churches441 Monroe Street48226National Register, website
St. Mary's of RedfordCatholic14750 St. Mary'S48227National Register, website
Sweetest Heart of MaryCatholic4440 Russell48207National Register, website
Central United Methodist ChurchMethodist23 E Adams Ave48226National Register
Conant Avenue United Methodist ChurchMethodist18600 Conant St48234National Register
Detroit City Temple Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist8816 Grand River Ave48204National Register
Detroit Saint John's-Saint Luke EvangelicalUnited Church of Christ2120 Russell St48201National Register
First Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian2930 Woodward Avenue48201National Register
First Union Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches5510 Street Aubin Street48211National Register
King Solomon Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches6125 14Th Street48208National Register
Saint John's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal50 East Fisher Freeway48201National Register
Scott Memorial United MethodistUnited Methodist10372 W. Chicago48204National Register
Spiritual Israel ChurchNon-Denominational1737 Victor Street48203National Register
Trinity Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal1519 Martin Luther King48208National Register
Acclaim Community OutreachAfrican Methodist Episcopal13333 E. Warren48215website
Agape TempleNon-Denominational17346 West Mc. Nichols48227website
All SaintsCatholic7824 West Fort St.48209website
Apostolic ChurchApostolic21446 Schoolcraft48223website
Apostolic Faith Temple ChurchApostolic4735 West Fort Street48209website
Assumption GrottoCatholic13770 Gratiot Ave.48205website
Bethany Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches15122 West Chicago Street48228website
Bethel Ame ChurchAfrican Methodist Episcopal5050 Street Antoine Street48202website
Bible Missionary Church of BrightmoorAfrican Methodist Episcopal22019 Fenkell48223website
Burns Seventh Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist10125 East Warren48214website
Calvary Presbyterian ChurchPresbyterian19125 Greenview Avenue48219website
Caring Temple Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches13928 Hubbell Street48227website
Cass Community United Methodist ChurchMethodist11850 Woodrow Wilson St48206website
Cathedral Church of Saint PaulCatholic4800 Woodward Avenue48201website
Central Alliance ChurchChristian and Missionary Alliance616 West Hancock Street48201website
Chapel Hill Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches5000 Joy Road48204website
Christ Covenant ChurchNon-Denominational10213 Hamilton Avenue48202website
Christ's Church ChristianChristian18336 Woodward Avenue48203website
Christ the King ChurchCatholic16805 Pierson Street48219website
Church in DetroitNon-Denominational24444 West 7 Mile48219website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ14001 Linwood Street48238website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ7825 Cameron Street48211website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ15035 Schaefer Highway48227website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ16776 Lahser Road48219website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ1937 Vinewood Street48216website
Church of ChristChurch of Christ6025 Woodrow Street48210website
Church of God in ChristChurch of God in Christ9841 Dundee Street48204website
Church of God of BaldwinChurch of God5540 Talbot Street48212website
Church of the MadonnaCatholic1125 Oakman Blvd.48238website
Community Christian FellowshipMennonite8131 E Outer Dr48213website
Cornerstone Baptist ChurchBaptist Churches8221 East 7 Mile48234website
Corpus ChristiCatholic19800 Pembroke Ave.48219website
Cutting Edge MinistryAfrican Methodist Episcopal19222 Conant48234website
Cyrene Temple MinistriesNon-Denominational520 Mount Vernon Street48202website
Detroit Conant Gardens Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist18801 Joseph Campau St48234website
Detroit Northwest Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist14301 Burt Rd48223website
Detroit Spanish Cavalry Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchSeventh Day Adventist1227 Cavalry St48209website

Where Detroit's churches stand: the map

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

How to choose a church in Detroit: a practical checklist

807 of Detroit's 813 listings carry a phone number and 179 publish a website. For a newcomer:

  • Call first, always. Detroit's church stock changes hands and schedules more than most cities'; the directory's 99 percent phone coverage is the reliable filter.
  • Visit the historic set deliberately. Several register-listed parishes hold regular services in extraordinary buildings; the list above links each one.
  • Check the enclaves. Hamtramck and Highland Park sit inside Detroit's footprint with their own dense church streets, listed under their own city pages.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 813 congregations inside Detroit across 35 ZIP codes. 807 of those listings carry a phone number and 179 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 23 Detroit 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: Detroit by transit ranks the city's 587 transit-reachable churches, the Catholic stone belt walks the historic parishes, and Michigan's 70 register-listed churches gives the state picture. The Detroit city page lists every congregation.