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McLean County Church Records

Cemetery, church & family records of Illinois FamilySearch Library

Land grants, marriage, church and family records of McLean County, Illinois : and family bible records and tombstone inscriptions of McHenry County, Illinois, 1634-1940 FamilySearch Library

Record of activities as bishop among Amish Mennonites of Central Illinois and other midwestern congregations WorldCat

St. John's Lutheran Church in Rural Anchor US Gen Web online

West Twin Grove Christian Church, Bloomington, Illinois : membership and board meetings, 1847-1908 FamilySearch Library

Bloomington Church Records

A souvenir, being a history of the First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Ill., 1833-1895 FamilySearch Library

Church book for German Evangelical Lutheran Combined Friedens Church, Bloomington, Illinois : baptisms, marriages, & burials (1884-1897) WorldCat

Church book for German Evangelical Lutheran combined Friedens Church, Bloomington, Illinois : baptisms, marriages & burials (1884-1897); includes history of the church, index of names and index of places of births FamilySearch Library

History of Holy Trinity Parish, Bloomington, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Presbytery of Bloomington, Register, 1899-1969 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of members, [1902]-1927 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bloomington Branch (Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

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

The first one hundred years of Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Western Ave Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1910-1932 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Western Ave Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1932-1969 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Danvers Church Records

A goodly heritage : a history of the North Danvers Mennonite Church FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1844-1891 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1926-1964 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Deaths, 1864-1919 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Deaths, 1872-1899 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of activities as bishop among Amish Mennonites of Central Illinois and other midwestern congregations WorldCat

Lexington Church Records

Session records, 1879-1901 (Selma Presbyterian Church (Selma, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Stanford Church Records

Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1865-1905 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1876-1937 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1890-1948 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1903-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Stanford Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1927-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Stanford Presbyterian Church, Register, Births, and Deaths, 1860-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Stanford Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1901-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Stanford Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1926-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Churches in McLean County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 132 churches listed here reported from McLean County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

Anchor

Anchor Mennonite – Central Conference of Mennonites, Central Conference. Pastor: Aaron Augsburger

Anchor United Brethren Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, The Anchor Illinois Conference. Pastor: J. C. Stadler

St. John's Ev. Luth. Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, Iowa and other States, Southern Dist. Pastor: Andreas Hahn

Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith Christian – Disciples of Christ

Arrowsmith M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Conference. Pastor: Harry R. Evans

Bellflower

Bellflower Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: C. S. Linkletter

First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: Edward C. Swaney

St. John's Mission Church – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria, Ill. Pastor: J. V. Greene

Bloomington

Unnamed congregation – Church of the Nazarene, Chicago-Central District. Pastor: E. E. Robinson

Bloomington – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: James Monroe Cook

Bloomington Corps – Salvation Army, Central Illinois. Pastor: Captain W. B. Jobe

Bloomington F.M. Church – Free Methodist Church of North America, Central Illinois. Pastor: L. F. Autenreith

Bloomington Second Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Illinois Conference. Pastor: L. A. Whitesell

Church of God – Church of God. Pastor: Lang Rankin

First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Bloomington Association. Pastor: Charles Durden, D.D.

First Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Chester B. Grubb

First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: The Bible and Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Central West. Pastor: Frank L. Breen

First English Evangelical Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana Synod. Pastor: A. Richard Hedstrom

First Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: F. A. McCarty

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Synod of Illinois, Bloomington Presbytery. Pastor: Daniel J. Gretzinger

First Swedish Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Swedish, Galesburg District. Pastor: Gideon Carlson

First Unitarian – Unitarians. Pastor: W. Rupert Holloway

First United Brethren Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Conference Illinois. Pastor: G. W. Bonebrake

Friedens Evangelical Church – Evangelical Synod of North America, North Illinois District. Pastor: E. F. Rathmann

Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren V

Grace – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: E. L. Pletcher

Holy Trinity – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria, Ill. Pastor: S. N. Moore

Macedonia – Negro Baptists, Wood River Association. Pastor: D. Alexander

Northern Illinois, Bloomington Br. – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake Northern States. Pastor: Afton F. Jones

Park M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: W. E. Keenan

Salem – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: W. H. Traeger

Second Christian – Disciples of Christ

Second Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington. Pastor: Chas. Tupper Baillie

South East Street – Churches of Christ

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Peoria. Pastor: Louis Braun, O.F.M.

St. Patrick's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria Diocese. Pastor: M. J. O'Callaghan

Third Christian – Disciples of Christ, National Convention. Pastor: P. C. Washington

Trinity Ev. Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Ev. Lutheran Synod of Mo., Ohio and Other States, Central Ill. Dist. Pastor: Walter E. Hohenstein

Union Baptist – Negro Baptists, Wood River Association. Pastor: G. W. Stanley

Wayman A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Annual Conference. Pastor: H. J. Oliver

Western Ave. Community Church Center – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington. Pastor: F. L. Breen

Carlock

Carlock – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: R. B. Doan

Carlock Mennonite Church – Central Conference of Mennonites, Central Conference. Pastor: J. J. King

Chenoa

Chenoa – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: Richard C. Myers

Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Association Bloomington. Pastor: E. D. Bell

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington. Pastor: Humphrey W. Owen

St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria. Pastor: Frederick D. Hogten

Trinity Ev. Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, Iowa, Ohio and Other States, Southern Dist. Pastor: Frederick M. Bunge

Colfax

Colfax Church – Disciples of Christ, Illinois Organization

First Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois Conference. Pastor: Arthur Cates

St. Joseph's Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Peoria. Pastor: Alban Schneider, O.F.M.

Cooksville

Cooksville – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Ill. Pastor: C. J. White

Cooksville – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington

Cooksville Christian – Disciples of Christ

Covel

Covel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Conf. Pastor: C. Galemer

Cropsey

Cropsey M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: Richard D. Stone

Fairview – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: Richard D. Stone

Danvers

Baptist of Danvers – Northern Baptist Convention, Bloomington Baptist Association

Danvers Mennonite Church – Central Conference of Mennonites

Danvers, First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington. Pastor: James Fisher

Friedens Evangelical – Evangelical Synod of North America, North Illinois District. Pastor: E. F. Rathmann

North Danvers – Central Conference of Mennonites. Pastor: Wm. B. Weaver

Zion Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri, Ohio and other States, Central Ill. Dist. Pastor: Karl F. Linse

Downs

Diamond Grove United Brethren Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Illinois Conference. Pastor: Oral F. Landis

Downs – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois

St. Mary's Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria

Dry Grove Township

Twin Grove – Disciples of Christ

Ellsworth

Church of Christ or Christian Church – Disciples of Christ

Gridley

Apostolic Christian Church – Apostolic Christian Church. Pastor: Michael Mangold

Buck Creek – Disciples of Christ

Gridley – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Ill. Pastor: Lyman G. Moore

Union Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Conference of Illinois. Pastor: Ph. A. de la Porte

Hammond

Cooksville – Churches of Christ

Heyworth

Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: W. D. Deweese

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Heyworth – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Conference. Pastor: James J. Gross

Heyworth Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington Presbytery, Synod of Ill. Pastor: L. W. Madden

Wesley Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Conference. Pastor: R. V. McConkey

Holder

Holder – Methodist Protestant Church, Illinois Conference. Pastor: Homer Dicky

Hudson

Hudson – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), Southern District of Illinois

Hudson Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, N.B. Convention, Bloomington

Hudson Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Donald H. Williams

Hudson M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: Daus John Summers

Lawndale Township

Immanuel – Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, Iowa Southern Dist. Pastor: Gustav A. Graf

Le Roy

First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: Milton Wilson

First Presbyterian of Le Roy, Illinois – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington. Pastor: Henry Snyder

J.T. & E.J. Crumbaugh Spiritualist Church – National Spiritualist Association. Pastor: H. W. B. Myrick

LeRoy – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: S. H. Kuntz

LeRoy Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist

Mercy Chapel, Universalist – Universalist Church

Lexington

Clarksville United Brethren Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Illinois Conference. Pastor: Oral F. Landis

First – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: H. H. McFall

Lexington – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Chas D. Hougham

Lexington Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Bloomington Baptist Association. Pastor: Russell G. Jones

Lexington Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Synod Ill. - Bloomington Presb. Pastor: H. F. Clark, Ph.D.

Lexington United Brethren Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Illinois Annual Conference. Pastor: W. H. Arbogast

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria. Pastor: Frederick D. Hogten

McLean

Unnamed congregation – Northern Baptist Convention, Bloomington Baptist Association

Church of God at McLean, Ill. – Church of God. Pastor: William Mathis

Ebenezer – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Conf. Pastor: J. Allan Smith

First Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: Guy Dewhirst

McLean Christian Church – Disciples of Christ

Meadows

Meadows – Central Conference of Mennonites. Pastor: Geo. I. Gundy

Merna

St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Peoria, Illinois. Pastor: John F. Fitzpatrick

Normal

Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: Wm. Davis

East White Oak – Central Conference of Mennonites. Pastor: E. Troyer

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Bloomington Association. Pastor: Geo. Sneath

First Christian – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Samuel E. Fisher

First Church – Central Conference of Mennonites. Pastor: A. H. Grubb

First Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: Sanford P. Archer

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Pastor: Clyde F. Vance

Normal – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: R. B. Miller & P. C. Washington

Osman

Immanuel Ev. Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, Central Ill. Dist. Pastor: H. Predoehl

Osman – Methodist Protestant Church, Illinois Conference. Pastor: J. T. Hutchison

Saybrook

First M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois. Pastor: O. E. Martin

Saybrook Christian – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: T. C. McIntire

Saybrook United Brethren Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Illinois Conference - Bloomington District. Pastor: L. L. Baughman

Shirley

Shirley Christian – Disciples of Christ, Illinois Christian Missionary Society. Pastor: B. H. Sealock

Stanford

Church of God of Stanford, Ill. – Church of God. Pastor: Lester Shields

Stanford Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, United Christian Missionary Society. Pastor: P. E. Mangers

Stanford Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Bloomington Presbytery

Towanda

Towanda – Northern Baptist Convention, Bloomington Association. Pastor: C. M. Fuller

Towanda – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Illinois Bloomington. Pastor: D. K. Campbell

Towanda Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Ill. Pastor: W. F. Dudman

Weston

Weston – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Illinois. Pastor: Richard C. Myers

Zion – Evangelical Church, Illinois United Conference. Pastor: Charles Wunsch

Yates Township

St. Paul's – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri, Ohio and Other States, Central Ill. Dist. Pastor: C. G. Mennicke

Town not stated

Bethel – Disciples of Christ

Blooming Grove – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Clyde F. Dawson

Ellsworth M.P. Church – Methodist Protestant Church, Illinois Conference. Pastor: David M. Harris

Gridley – Disciples of Christ

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