Finding a Church in Los Angeles: 1,043 Congregations Sorted by Tradition and Neighborhood

Los Angeles lists 1,043 congregations in the Churches List directory across 63 ZIP codes and 39 traditions. The mix is unlike any other American city: Baptist congregations lead at 232, but the second-place tradition is Foursquare at 116, the Pentecostal denomination founded in this city at Angelus Temple in 1923 and still concentrated here a century later.

Catholic parishes hold 106 listings, Church of God 89, Presbyterian 45, and Seventh Day Adventist 41. Seven Los Angeles church buildings hold National Register listings, including St. Bridget Chinese Catholic Center (listed 1972). The directory also counts 943 LA churches within a quarter mile of a mapped transit stop, nine of every ten in the city.

Which traditions have the most churches in Los Angeles?

The Foursquare 116 is the defining local number; no other directory city puts the denomination in its top five. Korean, Spanish, and Armenian-language congregations thread through every major tradition, and the Presbyterian 45 includes one of the largest Korean Presbyterian clusters in the country. The 39-tradition spread runs from Orthodox parishes in Hollywood to Vineyard churches downtown, the most denominationally varied big-city mix in the West.

Which Los Angeles churches hold National Register of Historic Places listings?

7 Los Angeles church buildings hold National Register of Historic Places listings as of June 11, 2026. The register-listed congregations in this directory include First Bible Church of Los Angeles (listed 2001); Second Baptist Church Day Care (listed 2009); St. Bridget Chinese Catholic Center (listed 1972); Los Angeles Highland Park (listed 1990); Saint John's Episcopal Church (listed 2000); Angelus Temple Hispanic Foursquare Church (listed 1992); San Fernando Valley Worship Center Foursquare Church (listed 1988).

A sortable selection of Los Angeles churches by tradition

The table below holds 60 of Los Angeles's 1,043 congregations, selected for record completeness: register-listed buildings first, then congregations with verified details and working websites. The Los Angeles city page lists every congregation.

Where Los Angeles's churches stand: the map

How to choose a church in Los Angeles: a practical checklist

988 of Los Angeles's 1,043 listings carry a phone number and 305 publish a website. For a newcomer:

• Pick a basin, not a radius. LA's 63 ZIP codes sprawl across mountains; a church 8 miles away can be 50 minutes on a Sunday. The map above sorts candidates by real geography.
• Check service language on the church page. A large share of LA congregations worship in a language other than English, usually noted in the listing details.
• Consider transit downtown. The 7th and Main cluster puts two dozen mapped stops within a quarter mile of several congregations.

How this guide was assembled

The Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026 records 1,043 congregations inside Los Angeles across 63 ZIP codes. 988 of those listings carry a phone number and 305 carry a website. National Register status comes from the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places database; 7 Los Angeles 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: LA by transit ranks the city's 943 transit-reachable churches, the LA denominational variety study goes deeper on the mix, California's 65 register-listed churches adds the historic layer, and the California non-denominational count covers the fastest-growing cohort. The Los Angeles city page lists every congregation.