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Monmouth County Church Records
Directory of churches in New Jersey, vol. XIII, Monmouth County FamilySearch Library
Early Presbyterians of Monmouth County : the deed for the church lot at Mount Pleasant (Freneau)-the First Presbyterian workship in Middletown FamilySearch Library
Early church records of Monmouth County, New Jersey FamilySearch Library
Early church records of Monmouth County, New Jersey WorldCat
New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry
New Jersey, United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970 Ancestry
Quaker records : Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, Monmouth County, New Jersey. WorldCat
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records (includes Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, Records 1674-1927) Ancestry
Churches in Monmouth County in 1926
In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 159 churches listed here reported from Monmouth County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.
Adelphia
Bethesda – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Daniel E. Clair
Allentown
Allentown Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Albert E. Morris
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Trenton Association. Pastor: Henry W. S. Coates
St. Louis – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: John J. McGrath
Union A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Annual Conference. Pastor: R. W. Smith
Allenwood
Allenwood Methodist Protestant Church – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern Annual. Pastor: William R. Hurley
Asbury Park
Unnamed congregation – Plymouth Brethren II
Asbury Park Corps – Salvation Army, Northern New Jersey. Pastor: H. J. Hall
Ballard Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: W. G. Hagaman
Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference. Pastor: C. G. Collins
First Church of Christ Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
First M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: F. A. DeMaris
First Spiritualist Church – National Spiritualist Association
Grand Avenue Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick General Synod - Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: Garrett M. Conover
Lutheran Church of the Atonement – United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran Church of America, Ministerium of Pa. Pastor: Henry C. Kraft
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Temple – Negro Baptists, Seacoast Baptist of N.J. Pastor: E. D. Crawley
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Anthony Giovannini
Second Baptist – Negro Baptists, Seacoast Missionary Association. Pastor: J. H. Ashby
Second Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
Simpson Memorial Alliance of Asbury Park, N.J. – Christian and Missionary Alliance, Eastern District. Pastor: Robt. L. Staley
St. Stephens – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New Jersey Conf. Pastor: O. J. Remson
The Church of the Holy Spirit – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Thomas H. Roche
The First Baptist Church of Asbury Park, N.J. – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Baptist of New Jersey. Pastor: D. A. MacMurray, D.D.
Atlantic Highlands
Central – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth. Pastor: Ralph W. Carr
First M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: James H. Carr
St. Agnes – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Michael H. Callahan
St. Paul – Negro Baptists, Sea Coast Baptist Association. Pastor: R. J. Bouldin
Trinity Chapel, A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference. Pastor: W. H. Burrell
Avon
First M.P. – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern. Pastor: Walter L. Angelo
St. Elizabeth – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: John J. O'Hara
Avon-by-the-Sea
First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth. Pastor: Alexander G. Graham Jr.
Bayhead
Bayhead – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: George C. Stull
Belford
First M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Chas. G. Book
Belmar
First Baptist – Negro Baptists, Sea Coast Miss. Baptist Association. Pastor: P. T. Morris
First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Edward Harrison Cloud
St. Rose's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Wm J. McConnell
The Calvary Baptist Church of Belmar – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Association of Baptist Churches. Pastor: Samuel H. Miller
Bradevelt
St. Gabriel's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese. Pastor: Francis J. Sullivan
Bradley Beach
Ascension – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: John J. O'Hara
First M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Henry L. Bradway
Clarksburg
Clarksburg M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, Trenton District. Pastor: C. E. Rhubart
Cliffwood
Cliffwood – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: H. D. Hummer
Cliffwood A.M.E. Zion Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New Jersey Conf. Pastor: E. W. Wortham
Colts Neck
Colts Neck Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: John A. Thomson
St. Mary's Catholic Church – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: Jak. Kivelitz
Cranbury
Schultz Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, Trenton District. Pastor: Richard Morgan
Deal
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Walter J. Leahy
Eatontown
Eatontown M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Harry Van Cleaf
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Zion Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New Jersey Conf. Pastor: W. H. Eley
St. Dorothea Mission, Precious Blood, Monmouth Beach – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Charles J. Ferron
Ely
Ely Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey - New Brunswick District. Pastor: Robert S. Childs
Emleys Hill
Emleys Hill M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, Trenton District. Pastor: C. E. Rhubart
Englishtown
Sanford Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, Trenton District. Pastor: J. Warren Rose
Everett
Mission - Everett – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: Francis J. Sullivan
Fair Haven
Fair Haven Methodist Protestant – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern. Pastor: Charles H. Reed
Fisk Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: M. C. Hoover
Farmingdale
First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Spencer H. Moore
St. Catharine's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: T. M. Healy
Fort Hancock
St. Mary's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J.
Freehold
Bethel A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference. Pastor: J. E. Frazier
Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist
First Baptist church of Freehold, N.J. – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Assn. Pastor: Cuthbert P. Newton
First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Marshall Owens
Second Baptist – Negro Baptists, Assoc. Pastor: H. M. Hutchings
St. Rose of Lima Church – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: Frederick Kivelitz
The Second Reformed Church of Freehold – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: William Louis Sahler
Glendola
Glendola M.P. – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern Con. Pastor: S. R. Wilhelm
Hamilton
Hamilton Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Edward M. Munyan
Highlands
First M.E. Ch. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: H. C. Heyer
Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: Thomas F. Kearns
Holmdel
Holmdel Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Baptist Association. Pastor: John Sherman
Holmdel Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick
Holmson
Deborah M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conf. - New Brunswick District. Pastor: R. S. Childs
Hornerstown
Hornerstown, N.J. – Northern Baptist Convention, Trenton. Pastor: C. M. Sherman
Howell
Ardena Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Association. Pastor: Walter W. Mininger
Imlaystown
Imlaystown M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, Trenton District. Pastor: C. E. Rhubart
Upper Freehold Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Trenton Association -- New Jersey Baptist Convention. Pastor: Vernard L. Edmunds
Jerseyville
Jerseyville M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Daniel E. Clair
Keansburg
First Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Harry E. Garrison
St. Ann's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: Thos. A. Kearney
Keyport
Calvary – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Fenelon Brown Whitaker
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth. Pastor: Frank S. Harwood
Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: F. T. B. Reynolds
Second Baptist – Negro Baptists, Seacoast Association. Pastor: E. W. Murphy
St. John's – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: H. D. Stratton
St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: Joseph A. Linnane
Lake Como
Lake Como Methodist Protestant – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern. Pastor: Stephen F. Sliker
Lakewood
Bethel A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: James E. Dennis
Leonardo
The Atlantic Highlands – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth. Pastor: Thomas G. Thomas
Little Silver
Embury Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Albert L. Banse
Long Branch
Asbury – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Charles S. Fees
Christian Science Society, Long Branch – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: Homer H. Van Wie
First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Association. Pastor: Herbert J. Lane
First Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: Alfred Duncombe
Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren II
Holy Trinity – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Gerardo Cristiani
Mt. Olive Baptist Church – Negro Baptists. Pastor: James Davis
Our Lady Star of the Sea – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Trenton. Pastor: M. C. McCorristin
Second Baptist – Negro Baptists, Afro-American State Convention. Pastor: A. S. Grayson
Simpson Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: W. R. Blackman
St. Luke's – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: W. Elwell Lake
St. Michael's Church, Long Branch N.J. – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: Richard A. Coran
Trinity A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, The First Episcopal District of A.M.E. Church. Pastor: Charles H. Crumidy
Manasquan
First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, New Jersey Baptist Convention; Monmouth Baptist Asso. Pastor: Walter E. Reynolds
Holy Trinity Lutheran – United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran Church in America, Ministerium of Pa. Pastor: Luther Coffman
Manasquan Lodge – American Theosophical Society. Pastor: M. J. Rounds
Manasquan M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Charles M. Hogate
Manasquan Meeting – Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite), New York Yearly Meeting
Manasquan Methodist Protestant Church – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern Conference. Pastor: F. F. Craig
Shiloh Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Sea Coast Association. Pastor: Chas J. H. Walker
St. Denis – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: J. M. Healy
Marlboro
First Reformed Church of Freehold – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: Charles L. Palmer
Marlboro – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Ass'n.
Matawan
First – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: R. S. Carlisle
First Baptist Church of Matawan N.J. – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Baptist Association. Pastor: Wm. W. Ludwig
St. James A.M.E. Zion Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New Jersey Conf. Pastor: W. T. Johnson
Middletown
Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New Jersey Conf. Pastor: O. G. Goodwin
Middletown Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Association. Pastor: Luke M. Bleakney
Middletown Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth, Synod of New Brunswick. Pastor: John A. Thomson
Monmouth Beach
Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: Charles J. Ferron
Morganville
Morganville M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Frank Whittson
Navesink
Navesink Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Frederick Morley
Neptune
Neptune City Memorial M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: J. F. Boughton
West Grove Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference - New Brunswick District. Pastor: Henry B. White
New Monmouth
St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Joseph Francis Hughes
Oakhurst
First Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Herbert H. Neale
Ocean Grove
Saint Paul's – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: H. Eugene Curtis
Oceanport
Oceanport Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Jacob S. Smallwood
Perrineville
Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Edward J. Whalen
Red Bank
Calvary Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Sea Coast Association. Pastor: Joseph W. Lee
First Baptist Church of Red Bank, N.J. – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth. Pastor: Wm. E. Braisted, Sr.
First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist
First M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey, New Brunswick Dist. Pastor: W. R. Raver
First Reformed of Red Bank – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Monmouth. Pastor: James Dykema
Pilgrim Baptist – Negro Baptists, Seacoast Baptist Association. Pastor: W. H. Hebron
Red Bank Corps – Salvation Army, No. New Jersey Division. Pastor: Minnie Winkler
Shrewsbury Ave A.M.E. Zion Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New Jersey Conf. Pastor: J. A. S. Cole
St. Anthony's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Trenton. Pastor: Nicola Soriano
St. James – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: John B. McCloskey
Rumson
Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: J. W. Tower
Church of the Holy Rosary – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton N.J. Pastor: John E. Murray
Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: John E. Murray
Sea Bright
Church of the Holy Cross – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: John E. Murray
First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Samuel R. Latham
St. Luke's A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pastor: Isaac E. Showell
Sea Girt
Station – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton, N.J. Pastor: J. M. Healy
Smithburg
Siloam Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conf. - New Brunswick District. Pastor: R. S. Childs
Southard
Southard M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: W. T. Nickless
Spring Lake
St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Brunswick. Pastor: J. E. Shaw
St. Catherine's – Roman Catholic Church, Trenton. Pastor: Thomas U. Reilly
Tinton Falls
Tinton Falls M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Harry Van Cleaf
Union Beach
Grace M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: John C. Parsons
Villa Park
Villa Park Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Niles Miller Poff
Wayside
Wayside Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District. Pastor: Edward M. Munyan
West Belmar
West Belmar – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Harry D. Hummer
West Farms
Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference, New Brunswick District
West Long Branch
First M.E. of Long Branch – Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey. Pastor: Daniel Johnson
Town not stated
New Monmouth – Northern Baptist Convention, Monmouth Baptist. Pastor: H. Pierce Simpson
Robertsville Methodist Protestant – Methodist Protestant Church, Eastern. Pastor: R. J. Pattison
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