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Lorain County Church Records

Ohio Births and Christenings Index 1800-1962 Ancestry online

Park Avenue United Methodist Church records, 1823-1992 FamilySearch Library

Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, records, 1887-1900 (First Baptist Church (Elyria, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Elyria Church Records

Dedication souvenir, First Congregational Church FamilySearch Library

Manual of the First Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio FamilySearch Library

Manual of the First Congregational church in Elyria, Ohio, September 1, 1880 LDS Genealogy online

Manual of the First Congregational church in Elyria, Ohio, September 1, 1880 Internet Archive online

Lorain Church Records

Church records, 1888-1953 (Emmanuel Evangelical Church (Lorain, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

History of the First Methodist Church, 1856-1956 LDS Genealogy online

History of the First Methodist Church, 1856-1956 Internet Archive online

North Ridgeville Church Records

First Congregational Church (North Ridgeville, Ohio) records, 1822-1957 Archive Grid

Oberlin Church Records

Church records, 1855-1896 (Christ Church (Oberlin, Ohio : Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1857-1891 (First Congregational Church (Oberlin, Ohio)) FamilySearch Library

Record book, 1857-1891, First Congregational Church (Oberlin, Ohio) Archive Grid

Records 1860-1990, First United Methodist Church (Oberlin, Ohio) Archive Grid

Year book of the Second Congregational Church, Oberlin, Ohio, for year ending Oct. 6, 1890 FamilySearch Library

Wellington Church Records

A History of the First Congregational Church of Wellington, Ohio Ancestry online

First United Methodist Church records (Wellington, Ohio), 1858-1974 FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1858-1974, First United Methodist Church (Wellington, Ohio) Archive Grid

Churches in Lorain County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 125 churches listed here reported from Lorain County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

Amherst

Amherst Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Medina AssN. Pastor: F. E. Eastman

First Evangelical – Evangelical Church, Ohio Conference. Pastor: W. A. Tabbert

St. John's – Evangelical Synod of North America, Evangelical Synod of North America, Ohio Dist. Pastor: A. C. Ernst

St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: James M. Eischen

St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri Synod, Central District. Pastor: Henry Abram

St. Peter's Evangelical – Evangelical Synod of North America, Evangelical Synod of North America, Ohio District. Pastor: A. C. Ernst

Avon

Avon – Methodist Episcopal Church, Norwalk District, North East Ohio. Pastor: Hubert C. Cobb

Avon Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Association. Pastor: A. H. Mavis

Holy Trinity – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Pastor: Albert J. Aust

Immaculate Conception Church – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland, Ohio; U.S.A. Pastor: Francis A. Haessler

Avon Lake

Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Medina Association. Pastor: Samuel E. Wilson

Brighton

Brighton Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: Frank J. Wright

Brownhelm

Brownhelm Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Medina association, Ohio Conference. Pastor: N. E. Escott

Brownhelm Station

Brownhelm Reformed Church – Reformed Church in the United States, Ohio Synod - N. Ohio Classis. Pastor: Edward S. Lamar

Camden Township

Camden Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Association. Pastor: J. W. Jones

Columbia Station

Columbia M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio - Norwalk District. Pastor: William K. Mackey

Elyria

Bethany Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Lorain Co. Association. Pastor: Chas Gray

Elyria – African Methodist Episcopal Church, North Ohio - Cleveland District. Pastor: L. S. Webster

Elyria Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ, Ohio. Pastor: W. L. Burner

Elyria Hung. Ref. – Reformed Church in the United States, Pittsburgh Synod, Western Hung. Classis. Pastor: Alexander S. Kalassay Jr.

Elyria, Ohio – Salvation Army, N.E. Ohio Div. Pastor: Wm. Vendeville

First Baptist Church of Elyria – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain. Pastor: R. T. Ketcham

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

First Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Medina Association of Cong'l Churches. Pastor: Wm Muir Auld, D.D.

First Elyria – United Presbyterian Church of North America, Cleveland. Pastor: George A. Brown

First Hungarian Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Association. Pastor: Joseph Botka

First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: Edwin Kirby

Grace – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, English District. Pastor: Harry C. Muhly

Holy Cross Church – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Stanislaus Rybacki

LaPorte Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio - Norwalk District. Pastor: William K. Mackey

Pilgrim Community – Congregational Churches, Medina Association. Pastor: Donald E. Webster

Sacred Heart - no church, Mission – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland

Sacred Heart Hungarian – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Ernest Rickert

Second – Congregational Churches, Medina association. Pastor: Charles F. Wiseman

Second M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Lexington Conference, Columbus District. Pastor: W. M. Marbly

St. Agnes – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: E. A. Reilly

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri, Ohio - Other States , Central Dist. Pastor: Walter C. Buckner

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Jas. B. Mooney

St. Pauls Evangelical – Evangelical Synod of North America, Ohio District. Pastor: Paul Bourquin

The First Spiritualist – National Spiritualist Association, Ohio State Spiritualist Ass.

Grafton

Assumption – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Anthony B. Orlemanski

First Cong. Church – Congregational Churches

Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Wm. F. Haggerty

Henrietta

Birmingham Reformed – Reformed Church in the United States, Ohio Synod - N. Ohio Classis. Pastor: H. E. Settlage

Henrietta M. E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central German Conference, Ohio District. Pastor: Glenn L. Tennell

Huntington

Huntington – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: William Hunter

Kipton

Unnamed congregation – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Assn. Pastor: Philip E. Harding

Lagrange

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain County Baptist. Pastor: C. E. Garvin

La Grange – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: B. H. Ryan

Lorain

Unnamed congregation – African Methodist Episcopal Church, North Ohio - Cleveland District. Pastor: C. H. Young

7 St M E Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Lexington Conference, Columbus District. Pastor: Wm. L. Giles

Delaware Ave. – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: Herbert J. Thompson

E. 34th St. – Serbian Orthodox Church, 1905 Fowler St. Chicago Ill

East Side Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Association. Pastor: Sanford K. Meek

First Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain - Ohio. Pastor: O. Carl Lindholm

First Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ, Ohio

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

First Congregational Church of Lorain, Ohio – Congregational Churches, Medina Association, Ohio Conference, National Council. Pastor: Lathrop Campbell Grant

First English Lutheran – United Lutheran Church in America, Ohio Synod. Pastor: Malvin D. Geesey

First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: Charles B. Hess

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Cleveland. Pastor: Edwin S. Marshall

First United Brethren Church, Lorain, Ohio. – Church of the United Brethren in Christ, East Ohio Conference. Pastor: D. C. De Foe

Grace M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: James Lyon

Holy Trinity – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland Diocese. Pastor: Wenceslas Novak

Hungarian Reformed Church – Reformed Church in the United States, Pittsburgh Synod. Pastor: Francis Ujlaky

Lorain – Salvation Army, N.E. Ohio Div. Pastor: L. M. Perrier

Nativity of The Blessed Virgin – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Cleveland. Pastor: D. A. Milcarek

Our Lady of Guadalupe – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Clemente Vilorio

Saint Nicolas Church – Greek Orthodox Church (Hellenic), Diocese of Chicago. Pastor: Anthimos Constantinidis

Second Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Ohio Baptist General Association. Pastor: Solomon B. Beauford

St. Anthony – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Isidore Rafferty

St. Basil's – Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Pastor: John Spatariu

St. John's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Cleveland. Pastor: P. A. Logan

St. John's Evangelical – Evangelical Synod of N. A., Ohio District Conference. Pastor: Theodore Merten

St. Johns--Reed Ave. & 7th St. – Evangelical Synod of North America, Ohio District. Pastor: Theodore Merten

St. Joseph's Church – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio. Pastor: Charles Reichlin

St. Ladislaus – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Ernest Rickert

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: John Johnstone

St. Michael's – Roman Catholic Church, Pittsburgh. Pastor: Elmer Bereczky

St. Nicholas – Greek-Catholic, Ruthenian Greek-Catholic Diocese of U.S. Pastor: Nicholas Duda

St. Nicholas – Roman Catholic Church, Pittsburgh. Pastor: Nicholas Duda

St. Peter & Paul Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the United States of America, Slovak Lutheran Synod. Pastor: Andrew Boda

St. Peter's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Achilles P. Ferreri, S.T.D.

St. Peter's and Paul – Russian Orthodox Church. Pastor: Basil Dziama

St. Stanislaus – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: F. Duda

St. Vitus – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland, O. Pastor: Joseph Medin

Sts. Cyril & Methodius – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Cleveland. Pastor: John Kraker

Trinity – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Baptist Association. Pastor: J. F. Briggs

Twentieth Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: Robert C. Beechley

Zion – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Missouri Synod, Central Dist. Pastor: F. W. Loose

N. Eaton

North Eaton – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: H. A. Eicher

North Ridgeville

St. Peter's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland Ohio. Pastor: John N. Rhein

Oberlin

Baptist Church of Oberlin – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Baptist Association

Branch of above, Oberlin, Ohio – Christian and Missionary Alliance, Central. Pastor: Dorothy E. Birkmayr

Christian Science Society – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, North-East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: Charles B. Ketcham

Mt. Zion Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, General Association of Ohio & Northern Baptist Convention. Pastor: Howard Thurman

Rust M. E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Lexington Conference, Columbus District. Pastor: Wm. Mc Morries

Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: John H. Lenz

United Congregational Churches – Congregational Churches, Medina Association, Ohio State Conference. Pastor: Nicholas Vander Pyl

Penfield

Penfield – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: B. H. Ryan

Penfield Cong'l. – Congregational Churches, Medina Association. Pastor: J. Monroe Brown

Pittsfield

Pittsfield – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference - Norwalk District. Pastor: Martin Weaver

Rochester

Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Association. Pastor: Isabelle Goodacre

Rochester – Congregational Churches. Pastor: J. Goodacre

Sheffield

St. Teresa's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: Adam Senger

So. Amherst

First Church of So. Amherst – Congregational Churches. Pastor: R. A. Pelt

So. Amherst – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio, District Norwalk. Pastor: R. A. Pelt

So. Ridgeville

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Medina Associational. Pastor: Edward Crawford Young

Wellington

1st Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: E. B. Buffington

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Lorain Baptist Association. Pastor: Harry K. Finley

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Medina Association. Pastor: Charles W. Picard

St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland. Pastor: John H. Lenz

Wellington M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: Thomas H. Kerr

Town not stated

Amherst – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio, District Norwalk. Pastor: T. A. Pelt

Belden Community – Methodist Episcopal Church, Northeast Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: L. E. Wright

Brighton – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio, District Norwalk. Pastor: W. H. Ayres

Brownhelm Evangelical Church – Evangelical Church, Ohio Conference. Pastor: Chas. Holzwarth

Calvary Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Cleveland Association. Pastor: Geo. Beers

Grafton, O. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Northeast Ohio Conference, Norwalk. Pastor: Leroy E. Wright

Henrietta Evangelical Church – Evangelical Church, Ohio Conference. Pastor: Chas. Holzwarth

Rochester – Methodist Episcopal Church, North East Ohio, District Norwalk

South Ridge Evangelical Church – Evangelical Church, Ohio Conference. Pastor: Chas. Holzwarth

Vincent M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, N.E. Ohio Conference, Norwalk District. Pastor: James Lyon

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