Kern County CA Church Records
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Churches in Kern County in 1926
In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 79 churches listed here reported from Kern County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.
Annette
St. Martin's – Protestant Episcopal Church, California
Arvin
Arvin Nazarene Church – Church of the Nazarene, Northern California District. Pastor: O. F. Grimsley
Arvin Union Congregational – Congregational Churches, Southern California Conference. Pastor: N. Luther Packard
Bakersfield
1st Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, San Joaquin. Pastor: Willis G. White
Bakersfield – Church of the Nazarene, No. California Dist. Pastor: M. R. Dutton
Bakersfield #1 Corps – Salvation Army, Orange Belt Division. Pastor: Geo. Hunter
Cain A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, San Francisco Dist. Pastor: S. E. Edwards
Calvary – Northern Baptist Convention, Kern River Baptist. Pastor: Joseph D. Page
First – Methodist Episcopal Church, So. California Conference, Fresno District. Pastor: C. A. Norcross
First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Los Angeles, So. California, Kern River. Pastor: Frand O. Belden
First Christian – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Chas. H. Hulme
First Church – National Spiritualist Association
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Congregational – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Anthony S. Donat
First Congregational Church, Panama – Congregational Churches, Southern Calif. Congl. Conference. Pastor: James Greer
Fresno Conf., Bakersfield Br. – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake, California. Pastor: John S. Bunting
Japanese M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Pacific Coast Japanese M.E. Church District. Pastor: H. Sato
Mountain View Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California Conference, Fresno District. Pastor: C. S. Crowder
Mt. Zion Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, St. John Missionary Bapt. Association. Pastor: F. Ollie Brown
Our Lady of Guadalupe – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey Fresno. Pastor: A. C. Stuhlmann
Phillips Chapel – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, California, Los Angeles District. Pastor: D. C. Carter
Pilgrim Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Southern California Congregational Conference. Pastor: James Henry Price
St. Francis of Assisi – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: Joseph L. Daumas
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri Synod. Pastor: Louis A. Kueffner
St. Joseph's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: John Calvin
St. Paul's – Protestant Episcopal Church, San Joaquin. Pastor: William E. Patrick
The Church of the Living God – Church of the Living God, Christian Workers for Fellowship, 6th District. Pastor: J. R. Fields
Trinity M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California Conference, Fresno District. Pastor: A. F. Hasse
Delano
Columbine – Church of the Nazarene, Northern California
First Baptist Church of Delano – Northern Baptist Convention, Kern River Association of So. Calif. Baptist Convention. Pastor: W. E. Smith
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Meth. Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Calif. Pastor: Harry Branton
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: Edw. McArdle
Zion – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri Synod. Pastor: Wm. Adam
East Bakersfield
M.B. Church E. Bakersfield – Mennonite Brethren, Pacific Conf. Pastor: B. J. Friesen
Fellows
Fellows – Disciples of Christ, California. Pastor: Fred Chelan
Fellows Society – Church of Christ, Scientist
Tabernacle Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Kern River association. Pastor: Charles Sanders
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Fellows, Cal. – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, San Joaquin. Pastor: Geo. B. Greig
Ford City
Church of Christ Ford City – Churches of Christ
Church of God – Churches of God in North America (General Eldership), General Eldership. Pastor: A. F. Huff
Glenville
Mt. Carmel – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, San Joaquin
Inyokern
Indian Wells Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Cal.
Maricopa
Christian Science Society of Maricopa – Church of Christ, Scientist
Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Edwin S. Masters
First – Congregational Churches. Pastor: J. Freelan Johnson
St. Brendan's – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey, Fresno. Pastor: James Buckley
Mcfarland
McFarland – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), Northern District of Calif. Pastor: A. D. Sollenberger
McFarland – Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Calif. Pastor: J. T. Miller
McKittrick
St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: James Buckley
Mojave
Mojave – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California. Pastor: B. F. Hill
Mojave – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno
Oilcenter
Oilcenter Congregational – Congregational Churches, Southern California Congregational Conference. Pastor: Avery K. Gleason
Oildale
Church of God – Church of God. Pastor: F. E. Branch
Oildale Congregational – Congregational Churches, Kern Conuty Association. Pastor: James H. Price
Randsburg
Randsburg – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: L. G. Soule
Rosedale
Rosedale – Mennonite Brethren Church of North America, Southern District Conf. Pastor: John J. Unruh
Shafter
Eben-Ezer Reformed Church – Reformed Church in the United States, Portland-Oregon Classis, Synod of the Northwest. Pastor: Wm. P. Thiel
First Mennonite Church – General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America, Pacific Conference. Pastor: H. J. Gaede
Shafter M.B. – Mennonite Brethren Church of North America, Southern District Conference. Pastor: Herman Janzen
Shafter Union Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Kern Co. Association; So. Calif. Conference. Pastor: Edwin A. Waldo
Taft
Unnamed congregation – Salvation Army, Orange Belt. Pastor: Reily
Church of Christ – Churches of Christ. Pastor: W. D. Homitt
First – Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Calif. Pastor: W. L. Summers
First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Kern River association. Pastor: F. W. Crawford
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist, Branch of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass.
First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, San Joaquin. Pastor: F. L. Benedict
St. Andrew's Mission – Protestant Episcopal Church, San Joaquin
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: James Buckley
Tehachapi
St. Malachy's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: L. G. Soule
Tehachapi Community Church – Congregational Churches, Southern California
Tejon
Tejon Indian Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey-Fresno. Pastor: A. C. Stuhlmann
Wasco
1st German Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, German Baptist Churches of U.S.A. and Canada. Pastor: C. H. Edinger
Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Bakersfield Association. Pastor: John C. Spencer
St. John Evang. – Roman Catholic Church, Monterey and Fresno. Pastor: P. Triana
Town not stated
Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Calif.
Bakersfield – Churches of Christ
Kernville Circuit – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California. Pastor: Wm. A. Matson
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