Wayne County IL Church Records

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Wayne County Church Records

Church minutes, 1853-1958 (Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Wayne County, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1868-1934 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Dry Fork Branch (Dry Fork, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Hopewell Church records : Wayne County, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

Hopewell Church records : Wayne County, Illinois Internet Archive online

Hopewell Church records : Wayne County, Illinois, 1845-1874, Archive Grid

Barnhill Church Records

Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1821-1857, Wayne County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Fairfield Church Records

Church records (microform), 1853-1958, Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Fairfield, Ill.). Archive Grid

Illinois, Wayne County, Fairfield, St. Edward Parish, church records, 1881-1956 FamilySearch Library

Leech Church Records

A history of Bethel (Brushy) Church of Leech Township, Wayne County, Illinois : read at the Centennial Celebration, August 1-7, 1949 FamilySearch Library

Sims in Wayne County Church Records

Sims Missionary Baptist Church records, Sims, Wayne County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Wayne City Church Records

Church records, 1871-1920 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Skillet Fork Branch (Wayne City, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Long Prairie Baptist Church, Wayne County, Wayne City, Illinois, 1852-19 51 FamilySearch Library

Olive Branch Baptist Church records, Wayne City, Illinois, 1873-1910 FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1901-2012, Wayne City Baptist Church (Wayne City, Ill.). Archive Grid

Resurrection Christ the King Death Register, 1960-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Churches in Wayne County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 98 churches listed here reported from Wayne County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

Barnhill

Barnhill – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: F. M. Lappin

Elm Grove – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing McLim Presbytery. Pastor: John Phipps

Hopewell – Primitive Baptists, Skillet Fork

Berry Township

Arrington Prairie – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: P. H. Harris

Dry Fork – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Southeastern Illinois District. Pastor: Halleck Milner

Reunion Star – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: Loyd Bosley

Round Prairie – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: R. C. Butcher

Cisne

Blue Point – Northern Baptist Convention, Southern Ill. Association. Pastor: F. R. Chapman

Cisne Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Chas. L. Wood

Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: Henry Heyer

Pleasant Hill – Disciples of Christ

Rock Branch – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: C. C. Kelcher

Salem – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: John C. Cissna

Wesley Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: John C. Cissna

Clay City

Zif – Disciples of Christ

Clay-City

Bethell – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Ill Conference. Pastor: C. B. Wise

Diamond Township

Pleasant Grove - "Rural Church" – Disciples of Christ, Independent Church of Christ. Pastor: C. L. Wood

Elm River

Trinity M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois District Olney. Pastor: C. B. Johnston

Elm River Township

Elm River C.P. – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing-McLim Presbytery. Pastor: John Phipps

Enterprise

Enterprise – Evangelical Church, The Indiana Annual Conference. Pastor: George Gocker

Fairfield

Fairfield – Churches of Christ

Fairfield – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: J. J. Turner

Fairfield - First Christian – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: C. L. Stouffer

Fairfield Circuit – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: Earnest Shepherd

Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing-McLin Presbytery. Pastor: A. D. Rudolph

First Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Mount Era Association, New State Association. Pastor: J. A. McCosh

First M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: J. M. Adams

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Ewing

Leeland North – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing McLim Presb. Pastor: John Phipps

Pleasant Grove – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield association. Pastor: W. A. Maberry

Richland Christian – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Illinois. Pastor: Chas. Chitty

St. Edward – Roman Catholic Church, Belleville. Pastor: F. A. Kaiser

Four Mile

Long Prairie – Southern Baptist Convention, Salem South Association. Pastor: J. P. Richardson

Garden Hill

Pleasant Mound – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: R. C. Butcher

Geff

Bethel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: V. W. Currie

Buckeye – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Wright Spurlin

Geff – Methodist Episcopal Church, District Olney. Pastor: V. W. Currie

Jeffersonville Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Warren D. Crippin

Martins Creek – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), Southern Ill

Mt. Olivet – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: V. W. Currie

Oak Valley – Northern Baptist Convention, Southern Ill. Association. Pastor: F. R. Chapman

Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: C. B. Johnston

Woodland – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: V. W. Currie

Golden Gate

Leech Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Ill. Pastor: James McNabb

Grover

North Divide – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing McLim Presbytery. Pastor: John Phipps

Hickory Hill

Zion – Southern Baptist Convention, Salem South. Pastor: H. V. Lowery

Hickory Hill Township

Keenville – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie association. Pastor: N. A. Williams

Jasper

Unnamed congregation – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie association. Pastor: J. R. Kessel

Cumberland Chapel – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing-McLim Pres. Pastor: Eldridge Harris

Jasper Township

Tom's Prairie – Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Ewing McLim Presbytery

Johnsonville

Arrington Prairie – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: R. C. Butcher

Johnsonville – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: John C. Cissna

Johnstonville – Northern Baptist Convention, Southern

Keener

Keener Missionary Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: J. P. Richardson

Keenes

Keenes Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, Div of Illinois. Pastor: Wright Spurlin

Keith

Christian's Temple – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Illinois. Pastor: J. M. Carmean

Willow Branch – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Illinois Conference, Odin District. Pastor: James L. Brown

Kenia

Mount Pleasant – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: R. C. Butcher

Kieth

New Zion – General Baptists, Union Grove association. Pastor: R. O. Leach

Lamard

Victory – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: J. H. Rush

Leech

Antioch – Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Bapt Convention. Pastor: Syras Buttler

Massalin

West Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: C. B. Johnston

Massilon Township

Elm River – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie association

Middletown

Church of the Nazarene – Church of the Nazarene, Chicago Central District. Pastor: Clarence Hester

Mount Erie

Long Prairie – Primitive Baptists, Skillet Fork. Pastor: J. J. Fuller

McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: C. B. Johnston

Mt Erie, Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: C. B. Johnston

Mt. Erie Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Warren D. Crippin

Pleasant Hill – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie Southern Baptist association. Pastor: Roy Kessel

Providence – Primitive Baptists, Skillet Fork. Pastor: J. H. George

Wynoose – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Ill. Conference. Pastor: J. Henry Osborn

Orchard Township

Unnamed congregation – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Southeastern Illinois District. Pastor: Wm. Clements

Orel

Olive Branch – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: P. N. Harris

Providence

Providence – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: Elec Pennington

Rinard

Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Olney District. Pastor: Henry Heyer

Rinard Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, Div. of Illinois

Sims

Pin Oak – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: P. H. Harris

Sims Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Mount Erie Baptist association. Pastor: C. Karn

Sims Christian Church – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), Illinois Christian Assn. Pastor: Ed Borah

South Township

Bethel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Ill. Pastor: James McNabb

Stinson

Stinson – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso

Township Fairfield

New Hope – General Baptists, Union Grove Asso. Pastor: Alex. Pennington

Village Enterprise

Enterprise – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: Geo. W. Hall

Village Sims

Sims General Baptist – General Baptists, Union Grove Association. Pastor: S. W. Shehorn

Wayne City

Bailey – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois. Pastor: John Cleissner

Hopewell – Methodist Protestant Church, Ill Conference. Pastor: J. J. Day

New Zion – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: W. A. Mayberry

Wayne City – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Mount Carmel District. Pastor: N. C. Henderson

Wayne City – Methodist Protestant Church, Ill. Pastor: J. J. Day

Wayne City Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: F. M. Larkin

Wayne City Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Harry Hamilton

Town not stated

Unnamed congregation – Methodist Protestant Church, Illinois Annual Conference, Wayne City Circuit. Pastor: J. J. Day

Dunway – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Ill. Pastor: James McNabb

Ebenezer – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Ill. Pastor: James McNabb

Indian Prairie – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: Geo. W. Hall

Patterson – Methodist Episcopal Church, So. Ill. District Olney. Pastor: J. N. Presley

Wayne City Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Southern Illinois Conference, Mount Carmel District. Pastor: J. C. Kinison

Zion – Southern Baptist Convention, Mt. Erie. Pastor: Geo. W. Hall

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