Polk County FL Church Records

Alturas

Citrus Methodist Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla Conf District Bartow. Pastor: J. H. Austin

Auburndale

First Baptist Church of Auburndale – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Baptist Association. Pastor: S. R. Skinner

First M.E. Church, South – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference, Orlando District. Pastor: J. Edgar Wilson

First Presbyterian of Auburndale – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, South West. Pastor: E. Francis Schwab

Saint Alban's – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: G. W. R. Cadman

Babson Park

Babson Park Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbytery of Southwest Florida. Pastor: William C. Rommel

Second Masadonia – Missionary Baptist, Union foreign association. Pastor: T. L. Jenkins

Bartow

Bartow – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: D. Davis

Bartow A.R.P. Church – Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, The Second Presbytery of A.R.P. Synod. Pastor: J. N. Leslie

Bartow, Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Allen J. Miller

Bartow, First – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Synod of Fla., Pres. of St. Johns. Pastor: W. T. Mann

First Baptist Church of Bartow – Southern Baptist Convention, Florida Baptist Convention & South Fla. Association. Pastor: J. E. Martin D.D.

First M.E. Church of Bartow – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida - Bartow District. Pastor: H. C. Hardin

Holy Trinity – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: F. M. Brunton

James A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. District, Bartow. Pastor: John Lavender

Macedonia – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla. Pastor: S. Randolph

Mission Church of St. Thomas – Roman Catholic Church, St. Augustine

Mt. Gilboa – Missionary Baptist. Pastor: C. J. Smith B.Th.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church – Baptist, First South Fla. Pastor: G. M. McDowell

Providence – Baptist, First South Fla. Pastor: F. A. Wright

Station Bartow – Roman Catholic Church, St. Augustine

Bradley Jct

Bradley Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: B. B. Tatom

Bradley Junction

Mt. Olive – Primitive Baptists, Mt. Enon. Pastor: E. J. Devane

St. Catherine – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla. Pastor: G. W. Epps

Breah

Athens Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, Peace River. Pastor: W. C. Bethea

Brewster

Bethel – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla.

Brewster – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: W. P. Rivers

Mt Olare – Baptist, Union foreign association. Pastor: H. Gibbs

Murdock Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Florida. Pastor: D. Baity

Davenport

Davenport – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. Conf. Pastor: D. Sanders

Davenport First – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Assn. Pastor: A. C. Gregory

First M. E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, St. John's River. Pastor: L. M. Parker

Little Zion – Primitive Baptists, Mt. Enon. Pastor: W. J. Kelly

Mount Calvary – Missionary Baptist. Pastor: J. L. Jenkins

Mt. Calvary – Negro Baptists, Union Foreign Association

Dundee

Dundee Methodist Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla. Conf., District Orlando. Pastor: Wm. R. Boland

E. Bartow

A.M.E. Bartow Mission – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. Conf., Bartow Dist. Pastor: J. W. Homes

E. Winter H

St. Luke Missionary B. Church – Baptist, First South Fla. Pastor: P. S. Johnson

Eagle Lake

Church of Christ – Churches of Christ

Eagle Lake & Dundee Chg. – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla. Conf., District Orlando. Pastor: Wm. R. Boland

Good Hope Baptist – Missionary Baptist, First South Florida Association. Pastor: H. M. Hudgins

Eva

Green Pond Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Fla. Baptist Association

Florence Villa

Hurst Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: J. W. Witherspoon

Polk Citty Chapple – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, East Florida Conf., District Orlando Dist. Pastor: J. A. McCoy

Williams Temple – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, East Florida. Pastor: A. T. Clark

Florenceville

New Bethel – M.B. Pastor: W. J. Isaac

St. Bethlehem – Missionary Baptist, South Florida. Pastor: B. H. Daniels

Florinda

Bethlehem – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla. Pastor: E. Taylor

Fort Meade

Unnamed congregation – Church of God. Pastor: W. B. Moon

Church of God – Church of God, Headquarters Cleveland, Tenn. Pastor: W. R. Hadrock

Corinth – Primitive Baptists, Mt. Enon

Elim – Primitive Baptists, Mt. Enon

First Baptist Church of Ft. Meade – Southern Baptist Convention, South Fla. Association. Pastor: A. W. Mathis

Fort Meade First Methodist Episcopal Church South – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Bartow District of the Florida Conference. Pastor: S. I. Hendrix

Fort Meade Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, St. Johns. Pastor: C. J. Stacy

Galilee – Negro Baptists. Pastor: E. R. McDuffie

Johns Chapel A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: A. W. Thompson

Mt. Zion – Missionary Baptist. Pastor: G. Robinson

Peaceful – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla. Pastor: S. E. Robinson

St. Paul A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, 11th Episcopal District. Pastor: G. A. Pindar

Frostproof

First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, St. John's. Pastor: J. E. Bird

Frostproof Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Assn. Pastor: J. R. Wells

Frostproof Methodist Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference, Orlando District. Pastor: S. O. Hammond

Polk Valley – Primitive Baptists, Mt. Enon. Pastor: D. J. Hurst

St Marys – Negro Baptists, 1st Association. Pastor: J. W. Lawter

Galloway

Galloway – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida, District Bartow. Pastor: W. H. Harrison

Mount Tabor – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Assn. Pastor: D. R. Hickam

Haines City

1st African Baptist Church – Missionary Baptist, Union Foreign Association. Pastor: H. E. Blackson

Beulah M.B. Church – Missionary Baptist Church, South Fla association. Pastor: P. M. Scott

First Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference, Orlando District. Pastor: S. D. Bourn

Haines City – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: S. M. Davis

Haines City Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, Convention. Pastor: W. Y. Allen

Haines City Church of Christ – Churches of Christ. Pastor: C. C. Brown

Haines City Church of God – Church of God. Pastor: C. L. McFarland

Haines City First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, St. Johns. Pastor: R. S. Dodge

Rocking Chair Church - Haines City – Disciples of Christ, Rocking Chair Church

St. Mark's Episcopal Church – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: G. W. R. Cadman

St. Marks – African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: J. E. Gardner

Highland City

Highland City – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida. Pastor: T. W. Barton

Highland City First Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: H. M. Overstreet

Homeland

A. M. E. Potter's Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. Conf., Bartow District. Pastor: J. W. Homes

First Baptist Church of Homeland, Fla. – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: O. O. Roberts

Homeland Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla. Conf. Pastor: J. M. Custer

Mount Bryan – Missionary Baptist, Association and Conventions. Pastor: J. E. Nickson

Kathleen

Unnamed congregation – Church of God, Head Quarters at Cleveland, Tenn. Pastor: E. E. Simmons

Unnamed congregation – Church of God. Pastor: J. C. Harrison

First Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: J. W. Harnly

Kathleen – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla. District Bartow. Pastor: W. H. Harrison

Lake Alfred

Bethel – Baptist, First South Fla. Pastor: O. Darby

First Baptist Church Lake Alfred – Southern Baptist Convention, S. Fla. Pastor: A. L. Bridges

Lake Alfred – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida - Orlando Dist. Pastor: H. B. Boyd

Lake Alfred Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Synod of Florida. Pastor: S. M. Engle

Lake Garfield

Bethel A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Fla. Conf. Pastor: G. F. Williams

Lake Hamilton

First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, St. Johns Presbytery

Mt. Olive Baptist Church – Negro Baptists. Pastor: S. W. Knot

Lake Wales

Allen Temple – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: J. B. Blackwell

Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: L. M. Griffin

Church of God – Church of God. Pastor: E. L. Hicks

Clay Lake Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: W. H. Mann

First Baptist – Negro Baptists, Second South Fla. Pastor: W. M. Smith

First Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: E. S. Alderman

First M.E. Church South – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla Conference District Orlando. Pastor: S. A. Wilson

Friendship – Baptist, Mt. Pilgrim. Pastor: S. P. Epps

Good Shepherd – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: G. W. Cadman

Lake Wales Assoc. Ref. Pres. Church – Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Second Pres. Pastor: D. A. Tucker

Lake Wales Mission – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, East Florida. Pastor: J. W. Harris

St. James A.M.E. Ch. – African Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Fla. Conf. Pastor: W. M. Monroe

Lakeland

All Saints – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: G. Irvine Hiller

Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: R. J. Jones

Church of Christ – Churches of Christ. Pastor: T. B. Thompson

Church of God – Church of God (Headquarters, Anderson, Ind.), Anderson, Ind. Pastor: Rosa Kilpatrick

College Heights – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference. Pastor: J. H. Daniel

Dixieland Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: Thos. McDowell

First Baptist - Lakeland, Fla. – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: Porter M. Bailes

First Baptist Institutional Church – Negro Baptists, West Coast Association. Pastor: H. L. Stephens

First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Methodist Episcopal Church, South – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference, Bartow District. Pastor: William A. Myres

First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, St. Johns. Pastor: C. A. Raymond

Foster Memorial M. E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida District Gulf. Pastor: A. L. Jackson

Grace – United Lutheran Church in America, Florida Conference of Georgia Synod, United Lutheran Church. Pastor: B. D. Wessinger

Harmony Baptist – Missionary Baptist. Pastor: Geo. Whitehurst

Lakeland – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: J. L. Lundy

Lakeland – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: P. H. Mears

Lakeland Church – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), Fla & Ga

Lakeland Congregation – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Florida Presbytery, Ala. Synod. Pastor: F. H. Callahan

Lakeland Fla. Corps – Salvation Army, Florida division. Pastor: J. M. Satterfield

Lakeland, Fla. Church of God – Church of God. Pastor: E. E. Simmons

Medulla – Southern Baptist Convention, South Fla. Pastor: J. B. DeShazo

Mt. Pleasant Sta. – African Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Fla. Conf., Orlando District. Pastor: L. S. Johnson

Mt. Zion, St. Mary Mission – Baptist, Union Foreign. Pastor: H. C. McCloud

Myrtle Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida - Bartow Dist. Pastor: Fred Paxton

New Home – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: Bascom S. Sutton

Orange Heights – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference, Bartow District. Pastor: B. T. Lawhorn

Pierce Temple C.M.E. – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, East Fla. Pastor: G. W. Holmes

Providence – Primitive Baptists, Mt. Enon

Southside Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: P. C. Barkley

St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, St. Augustine. Pastor: M. J. Farley

St. Paul – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri Southern District. Pastor: H. Schaller

St. Paul – Negro Baptists, Second South Fla. Pastor: C. L. Coleman

Webster Ave. – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: J. T. B. Anderson

Loughman

Antioch – Baptist, First South Fla. Pastor: S. S. Williams

Loughman – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida - Orlando Dist. Pastor: H. B. Boyd

Loughman – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: J. Earl Dodd

Mission – Roman Catholic Church, St. Augustine. Pastor: Edward Ryans

Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church – Missionary Baptist, South Fla. Pastor: G. W. Jones

Lyman

Lyman – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. Conf. Pastor: E. D. Edwards

Magnolia

Macedonia – Negro Baptists, South Fla. Pastor: W. M. Lancaster

Medellia

Mt. Olive – Baptist, First South Fla. Pastor: N. B. Burney

Medulla

St. Luke – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla Conference. Pastor: W. A. Samuels

Mulberry

Bethel – Missionary Baptist, First South Fla. Assn. Pastor: J. B. Spencer

East Side – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: C. C. Evans

Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Fla. Conf., District Bartow. Pastor: J. B. Simpson

Mt. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. Conf., District Bartow. Pastor: J. D. Jones

Mulberry – Presbyterian Church in the United States, St. John's

Shilo – Missionary Baptist, First South Florida Association. Pastor: Isaac Irvin

Nalaca

First Baptist – Negro Baptists, Second South Fla. Pastor: A. Anthony

Nichols

Amy Chapel Baptist Church – Missionary Baptist, Union foreign association. Pastor: G. H. Dupree

Friendship – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla.

Pierce

Pierce-Community-Church – Independent Churches, Church Building Owned by The American Agricultural Chem. Co. Pastor: E. J. Smith, Bartow, Florida

St. Paul – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla. Pastor: M. C. Ellis

Polk City

Mt Olive – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: O. E. Sutton

Polk City Community Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Synod of Florida. Pastor: S. M. Engle

Royster

St. Luke A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Fla. Conf. Pastor: H. Starks

Royston

Calvary – Negro Baptists, Second S. Fla.

St. Meade

Christ – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: F. M. Brunton

West Lake Wales

New Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Fla Conference. Pastor: G. F. Williams

West Lakewater

Mt. Zion Baptist Church – Missionary Baptist, Mt. Pilgrim Association

Winter Haven

Unnamed congregation – Christadelphians

Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: L. C. Bowers

First Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida Association. Pastor: J. Harrison Griffin

First Christian – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Robt. Sellers

First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Florida Conference. Pastor: Charles W. White

First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, South West Florida. Pastor: Thomas B. Haynie

Pine Crest Church of Christ – Churches of Christ

St. Joseph's Church – Roman Catholic Church, St. Augustine. Pastor: Patrick E. Nolan, D.D.

St. Paul's – Protestant Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: Jas. H. Davet

Zion Hill – Missionary Baptist, South Florida association. Pastor: J. A. George

Town not stated

Unnamed congregation – Southern Baptist Convention, South Fla. Pastor: W. E. Cooper

Bethel – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: W. D. Entzminger

Enter Prize – Southern Baptist Convention, So. Fla. Pastor: Josh Brown

First Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, So. Florida. Pastor: Frank M. Wilson

First Baptist, East Winter Haven – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: T. E. Waldrup

Griffin Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Florida. Pastor: J. B. DeShazo

Lake Buffum – Southern Baptist Convention, Peace River. Pastor: J. E. McLeod

Mount Ollie – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, East Fla. Pastor: G. W. Holmes

Mt. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida Conference. Pastor: H. E. Ellison

St. Paul A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, South Florida. Pastor: H. E. Ellison

Waverly Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Fla. Association. Pastor: H. M. Overstreet