Church of the Nazarene Congregations in Ohio: 467 Churches Mapped by County and City

Ohio holds 467 Church of the Nazarene congregations in the Churches List directory, the largest Nazarene state count and 7.9 percent of the denomination's 5,888 national listings. The Church of the Nazarene formed in 1908 from merging holiness bodies, and Ohio sat at the heart of the Midwest holiness revival that supplied many of them.

The congregations spread across 279 Ohio cities and towns. Cincinnati leads with 19, Dayton holds 16, and Columbus 14, but the metropolitan counts stay modest by design: the Nazarene geography is the county-seat town and the working-class suburb, from Hamilton and Springfield (6 each) outward, where the denomination's district system planted churches at walking-neighborhood scale.

Which Ohio cities have the most Church of the Nazarene churches?

Three river-valley metros anchor the south and west of the map, yet 80 percent of the congregations sit outside the big three cities, in towns like Ironton on the Ohio River (6 listings) and Canton in the old steel belt (6). The southern tilt of the map is the holiness movement's settlement line: Ohio's Appalachian counties received the revival earliest and held it deepest.

A selection of Church of the Nazarene congregations across Ohio

The table holds 60 of the 467 Church of the Nazarene congregations listed in Ohio, selected for record completeness. The Church of the Nazarene tradition page and the Ohio state page hold the complete lists.

Where Church of the Nazarene congregations stand in Ohio: the map

How Church of the Nazarene's Ohio footprint compares nationally

Nationally the directory lists 5,888 Church of the Nazarene congregations, with the denomination's headquarters and university system spread from Kansas City outward. Ohio's 467 lead all states, ahead of the denomination's other Midwest strongholds, and 101 of the Ohio congregations publish websites. One Ohio Nazarene congregation occupies a register-listed building.

How this map was assembled

Counts come from the Churches List directory snapshot of June 11, 2026: 467 congregations in Ohio carry the Church of the Nazarene tradition label, out of 5,888 nationwide and 15,714 Ohio churches of all traditions. Tradition labels derive from each congregation's source records and self-description; 101 of the Ohio listings carry a website. The directory does not rank congregations. Corrections are applied through the corrections page.

Related reading in The Letter: the Cincinnati and Dayton guides cover the two cities leading this map, and Ohio's Methodist circuit system describes the Wesleyan settlement the holiness movement grew from. The Church of the Nazarene tradition page lists all 5,888 congregations nationwide.