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Riverside County Church Records

Coachella United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1956-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Banning Church Records

Records of Morongo Moravian Church, 1899-1956 Moravian Archives online

Blythe Church Records

Record of members, 1941-1947 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Blythe Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Corona Church Records

Parishioners history of the Corona United Methodist Church, 1887-1987 FamilySearch Library

Elsinore Church Records

Record of members, 1938-1943 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elsinore Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Hemet Church Records

Record of members, 1937-1947 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hemet Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Murrieta Church Records

A history of the Murrieta, California, stake of Zion : the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1939-2003 then and now FamilySearch Library

Palm Springs Church Records

Record of members, 1940-1941 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Palm Springs Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Riverside Church Records

Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Arlington Ward (Riverside, California)) FamilySearch Library

Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1921-1933 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1879-1950 (Magnolia Presbyterian Church (Riverside, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1879-1950 (Magnolia Presbyterian Church (Riverside, California)) FamilySearch Library

Eden Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Magnolia Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Deaths, 1882-1890 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Magnolia Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Deaths, 1902-1917 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Magnolia Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1918-1949 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of members, 1924-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1935- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Riverside Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Churches in Riverside County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 116 churches listed here reported from Riverside County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

Arlington

Arlington Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: A. J. Adams

St. Thomas – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles & San Diego. Pastor: Baldus

Banning

Banning Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, University Conference of Southern Calif. Pastor: Fred E. White

First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: Leonard Oechsli

Grace – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Synod of Missouri, Calif & Nev. District. Pastor: J. H. Hillmer

Precious Blood – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Justin Deutsch

Beaumont

Beaumont Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, So. Calif. Missionary Society. Pastor: Dan A. Trundle

Beaumont Presbyterian – United Presbyterian Church of North America, Los Angeles. Pastor: Albert N. Porter

San Gorgonio – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Riverside. Pastor: Elmer Grant Keith

St. Gorgonius – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Justin Deutsch

St. Stephen's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles. Pastor: Francis M. Wilson

Blythe

Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California Conference. Pastor: J. Lincoln Jackson

Christian Science Society of Blythe – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: Annie G. Randall

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Southern California Baptist Convention. Pastor: Fred H. Wight

Simpson Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, SW Rocky Mountain Conference, Arizona District. Pastor: W. B. Redding

St. Jeanne d'Arc – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego

The Community Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, District Arizona. Pastor: William Reberger

Cahuilla

St. Mary of the Snows – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego

Casa Blanca

St. Anthony – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Paul Peters

Coachella

Unnamed congregation – Disciples of Christ, Christian Missionary Society of So. California. Pastor: Stanley W. Bond

First Presbyterian of Coachella – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Riverside. Pastor: J. E. Burkhart

Our Lady of Victory – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Justin Deutsch

Corona

Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist

Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: D. L. Stivers

Corona – Church of the Nazarene, Southern California District. Pastor: Ira P. Bowen

Corona Church of Christ – Churches of Christ

Corona Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: B. F. Davis

Evangelical Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Synod of Missouri, Calif & Nevada District. Pastor: J. H. Hillmer

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Southern California Baptist Convention. Pastor: Walter S. Reed

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Southern California Conference. Pastor: Charles Edward Evans

First Free Methodist Church – Free Methodist Church of North America, Southern California, Pasadena District. Pastor: Henry S. Stewart

St. Edward's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: T. Montanari

St. John's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles

Crestmore

Station – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Martin C. Keating

Elsinore

Elsinore A.M.E. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, SW Rocky Mountain Conference, Los Angeles District. Pastor: F. W. Sweet

First Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Luke E. Elliott

First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: Christian R. Garver

First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Riverside. Pastor: Joseph W. Wunder

St. Andrew's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, Calif. Pastor: G. M. Macdougall

St. Francis Church – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Thomas A. Matthews

Ethenac

Ethenac – Mennonite Brethren in Christ, Nebraska Conference. Pastor: W. R. Mudge

Hemet

Christian Science Society, Hemet – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Hemet – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: C. J. Oleson

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Riverside. Pastor: Elias Jones

Hemet Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Wilbur R. Hensley

Hemet Church of the Brethren – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), District of Southern California and Arizona. Pastor: W. M. Platt

Hemet Church of the Nazarene – Church of the Nazarene, Southern California District. Pastor: Joseph Gray

Hemet Reformed Presbyterian – Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, Pacific Coast. Pastor: W. A. Aikin

Mission of the Good Shepherd – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles. Pastor: G. M. Macdougall

Pilgrim Congregational Church of Hemet-San Jacinto – Congregational Churches, San Bernardino Association, Southern California Conference. Pastor: Harry V. Hartshorn

The First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention, University Assn. Pastor: Clarence L. Davenport

Trinity – Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Norwegian Pacific Dist. Pastor: N. J. Aadland

Highgrove

Highgrove – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California. Pastor: Frank R. Newman

Station – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Martin C. Keating

Indio

Christian Science Society of Coachella Valley – Church of Christ, Scientist

Community Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: A. L. Bear

Malki Res

Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego

Martinez Res

Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Justin Deutsch

Moreno

First Congregational Church of Moreno – Congregational Churches, Southern Calif. Conference. Pastor: Theo. Schauer

Morongo Indian Reservation

Moravian Indian Mission at the Potrero – Moravian Church in America, Moravian Indian Missions in Southern California. Pastor: William H. Weinland

Morongo Reservation

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Justin Deutsch

Murrieta

Murrieta Holiness Church – Holiness Church. Pastor: C. F. Isenberger

Trinity Mission – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles. Pastor: G. M. Macdougall

Nuevo

Union Congregational Church of Nuevo – Congregational Churches, Southern Calif. Conference. Pastor: Theo. Schauer

Palm Springs

Palm Springs Community Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbytery of Riverside. Pastor: Frank H. Mixsell

St. Florian – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Justin Deutsch

Pechanga Indian Reservation

Pechanga Indian Mission – Moravian Church in America, Ramona Mission of Moravian Church. Pastor: Eugene H. Oerter

Perris

Catholic Church – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Thomas A. Matthews

Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, San Bernardino Assn., So. Calif. Conference. Pastor: Julian H. Olmstead

Riverside

Unnamed congregation – Federated Churches, Cong. & M.E. Pastor: Paul H. Tamura

All Saints' – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles. Pastor: Henry Clark Smith

All Souls Universalist Church – Universalist Church, California Universalist Convention. Pastor: Willard C. Selleck

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Calif Conference. Pastor: Robert House

Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, Pasadena District. Pastor: W. L. Dexter

Bible Truth Hall – Plymouth Brethren I

Calvary Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Synod of California, Riverside Presbytery. Pastor: Ira W. Barnett

Eden Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana Synod, Calif. Conf. Pastor: J. A. Hemborg

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Southern California Convention, University Assn. Pastor: W. W. Catherwood

First Christian Church of Riverside – Disciples of Christ, Southern California. Pastor: C. L. Waite

First Church of Christ – Churches of Christ. Pastor: L. L. McQueen

First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: L. Edwin MacEwen

First Church of the Nazarene of Riverside, Calif. – Church of the Nazarene, Southern California District. Pastor: G. S. Hunt

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, San Bernardino Association. Pastor: John Gardner D.D.

First Free Methodist Church – Free Methodist Church of North America, Southern California Conference, Pasadena District. Pastor: Byron S. Lamson

First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, Pasadena District. Pastor: James Lewis Gillis

Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren II

Grace – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: Wm. M. Harkness

Immanuel Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Mo. Synod, Calif & Nev. District. Pastor: G. H. Hillmer

Japanese Union Church of Riverside – Methodist and Congregational, Pacific Coast Japanese Mission of M.E. Churches and Southern California Congregational Conference. Pastor: Paul K. Tamura

Magnolia Ave. Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Riverside. Pastor: D. L. MacQuarrie

Park Ave Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, The Western Baptist Association. Pastor: W. G. Goodwin

Riverside – Salvation Army, Orange Belt Division. Pastor: Ruth E. Cox

Riverside & Casa Blanca Mexican Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbytery of Riverside

Riverside First U.B. – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, California Conference. Pastor: Lloyd L. Epley

Riverside Lodge – American Theosophical Society

Riverside Society of the Church of the New Jerusalem – General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, California State Association. Pastor: Leighton C. Shuster

Riverside United Presbyterian – United Presbyterian Church of North America, Los Angeles. Pastor: W. M. Jackson

Saint Francis de Sales – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Martin C. Keating

Second Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Western Baptist Association. Pastor: Wm. Thomas

Seventh Day Baptist – Seventh Day Baptists, Pacific Coast Association. Pastor: G. D. Hargis

The Riverside Holiness Church – Holiness Church. Pastor: D. O. Shields

Trinity – United Lutheran Church in America, California Synod. Pastor: Wm. F. Poat

San Jacinto

First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: H. H. Weyant

San Jacinto First Christian Church – Disciples of Christ

St. Anthony's – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Patrick Curran

St. Joseph's Church, Soboba Reservation – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego

St. Paul's Mission – Protestant Episcopal Church, Los Angeles

Temecula

Temecula and Arberhill – Roman Catholic Church, Los Angeles and San Diego. Pastor: Thomas A. Matthews

Thermal

Martinez Indian Mission – Moravian Church in America, Ramona Mission. Pastor: Eugene H. Oerter

Thermal – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Los Angeles District, Pacific. Pastor: Geo. C. Harris

Thermal Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, University Association, Imperial Valley. Pastor: John T. Greene

Wildomar

Wildomar – Methodist Episcopal Church, S. California, San Diego Dist. Pastor: J. W. Carson

Town not stated

Murrieta – Methodist Episcopal Church, S. California, San Diego Dist. Pastor: J. W. Carson

Rincon Union – Congregational Churches, San Bernardino Assn.

Winchester – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern California, San Diego District. Pastor: Sara Augusta Cooper

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