Churches

Need church corrections and additions. Contact the county coordinator.
Information added by Debbi Geer

Churches

Benld	Brighton	Bunker Hill	Carlinville	Chesterfield	Dorchester	Gillespie	Girard
Hettick	Medora	Modesto	Mt. Olive	Nilwood	Palmyra	Piasa	Plainview
Royal Lakes	Shipman	Standard City	Staunton		Summerville	Virden	Waggoner

Records / History

Charity Baptist Church Records (Bird Township)	Chesterfield Congregational Church History (Chesterfield Township)	Everly Chapel Church (North Otter Township)	Head of Otter Creek Primitive Baptist Deed - Girard Township
Hopewell Baptist Deed - Gillespie Township	Union Chapel Methodist Church Records, 1868-1945 (North Otter Township)

Other Help

School maps
Some locations of churches and cemeteries
from 1915 to 1932 US Geological Surveys.

Cemeteries in Macoupin County
Some with stone pictures.

Links
Outside this site.

Lookup volunteer
"Harvesttime on the Prairie -
A History of Baptists in Illinois,
1796-1996"

Benld

Benld United Methodist Church
209 S Main St
Benld, IL 62009
(217) 835-4773

Holy Dormition Orthodox Catholic
Parish
300 N. 4th St.
Benld, IL 62009

St Joseph Catholic Church
310 West Central
Benld, IL 62009
(217) 835-2202
Records - Sts Simon & Jude
in Gillespie

Brighton

St. John's United Church of Christ 216 North Street Brigthon, Illinois 62012 (618) 372-3737 http://www.stjohnsucc-brighton.org/	St Alphonsus Catholic Church 918 N Main St Brighton, IL 62012 (618) 372-3352	First Presbyterian Church 402 N Main St Brighton, IL 62012 (618) 372-8241	1st Baptist Church of Brighton 304 N Maple St Brighton IL 62012 (618) 372-3201
Brighton Christian Church 308 S Main St Brighton, IL 62012 (618) 372-4132	Cornerstone Family Church 16453 State Highway 111 Brighton, IL 62012 (618) 372-8782	First Assembly of God 1007 N. Main St. Brighton, IL 62012 (618) 372-3820

Bunker Hill

United Methodist Church 501 East Warren Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-4708	Woodburn Congregational Church 7318 Walnut Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 278-4230	Calvary Baptist Church 3469 Chestnut Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 278-4544	Zion Lutheran Church 609 East Warren Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-3606
Berean Baptist Church 200 E. Hamilton Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-4544	First Assembly of God Church Highway 159 North Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-3514	Bunker Hill Baptist Church 503 S. Clinton Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-3295	First Congregational Church 105 N. Franklin Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-3164
Disciple Fellowship 120 N. Washington St. (by the flagpole) Bunker Hill, IL 62014	Healing Wings Worship Center West Fayette Street Bunker Hill, IL 62014 (618) 585-6715	Country Bible Church 1068 Huette Road Bunker Hill, IL 62014

Waggoner

Waggoner Christian Church
Waggoner, IL
(217) 314-9633

Waggoner Methodist Church
Waggoner, IL
Office (217) 229-3789
Home (217) 229-4436

Links:
Church and Family History Research Assistance for Primitive Baptist Churches in Illinois - includes Macoupin County
Illinois Church Directory -all known church addresses in Illinois listed
The United States Church Directory

Baptist Ministers in Illinois Lookup volunteer - I have acquired the book "Harvesttime on the Prairie - A History of Baptists in Illinois, 1796-1996".
It lists many Baptist ministers during this time period. I would be willing to do lookups by name as indexed in the book. Bob Maloy Maloy.RD@gmail.com

Many other church links (Please, let the county coordinator know of bad links):
Church Histories:
http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches)
http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren)
http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church)
http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network)
http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA)
http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy)
http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod)
http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist)
http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America)
http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ)
http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist archives)

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Carlinville Southern Baptist Church Sbc 19456 Hurricane Dr Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-2837 www.carlinvillesouthern.org	First Church of The Nazarene 610 N Charles St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-8849	Zion Lutheran Church (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) 501 S Broad St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-8514	Emmanuel Baptist Church Sbc 117 W 2nd South St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-4473 www.ebccarlinville.org
United Methodist Church 201 S. Broad St., P.O. Box 466, Carlinville, IL 62626-0466 (217) 854-4446 www.gbgm-umc.org/carlinville	First Assembly of God Church Carlinville 18772 Route 4 Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-8924 www.carlinville1ag.org	Memorial Christian Church 410 E 1st North St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-2639	Saint Pauls Episcopal Church 415 S Broad St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-6431
Saint Pauls United Church of Christ 202 E Main St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-4046	Charity Baptist Church 21964 Charity Church Road, Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-6071	Calvary United Pentecostal Church 704 East First South Street Carlinville, IL 62626 Phone: (217) 854-8724	Ss Mary & Joseph Catholic Church 2010 E 1st St S PO Box 647 Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-7151 http://www.ssmjc.org
The Federated Church (American Baptist & Presbyterian USA) 122 E 2nd South St Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-3031 www.federatedchurch.com	Carlinville Church of Christ 110 Rice St. Carlinville, IL 62626 (217) 854-8550	Carlinville Church of the Nazarene 318 E. Nicholas St. Carlinville, IL 62626

First Baptist Church Route 16 Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-3788	St Simon & Jude Catholic Church 304 N Macoupin St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-3456	Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 107 W Elm St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-2500	Cornerstone Missions 322 N Macoupin St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-4051
Trinity Baptist Church SBC 502 S Macoupin St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-3667	First Christian Church 410 Green St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-3485	Redeemer Lutheran Church 206 W Spruce St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-2717	Praise Assembly of God 209 Montgomery St Gillespie, IL 62033 (217) 839-3855
New Birth Fellowship Church 3 1/2 mi west of Gillespie Rt. 16 Gillespie, IL 62033 (618) 362-6224

Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, Inc. 500 W. Center Girard, IL 62640 (217) 627-2445	First Baptist Church 310 West Madison St. PO Box 166 Girard, IL 62640 (217) 627-2633	Girard United Methodist Church Fourth and Center Sts. Girard, IL 62640 Office (217) 627-3319 Home (217) 627-3591	Church of the Brethren 5th and Washington Girard, IL 62640
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 700 W. Center St. Girard, IL 62640 (217) 627-2529 www.firstchristianchurchofgirard.com	New Beginnings Community Church, S.B.C. 142 W. Center St. Girard, IL 62640 Church(217) 627-3114 Home (217) 627-3534	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 3294 Rt. 4 Girard, IL 62640 (217) 965-4816	Girard Church of Christ 309 E. Center Girard, IL 62640
Pleasant Dale Southern Baptist 28449 Pleasant Dale Road Girard, IL 62640 West of Girard near Otter Lake Church (217) 627-2960	Union Chapel Baptist Church 15331 Hays Road Girard, IL 62640 (217) 627-3038 (217) 436-2568	Boston Chapel Christian Church 29015 Boston Chapel Road Girard, IL 62640 (217) 629-7460 website	Family Worship Center 32097 State Route 4 Girard, IL 62640 between Girard and Virden (217) 627-2838
New Hope United Methodist Church Girard, IL 62640 Home (217) 523-0114	Countryview Christian Church 19909 Crown 2 Mine Road Girard, IL 62640 (just south of Virden) (217) 965-4938 or(217) 627-2603 email www.countryviewchurch.com	New Beginnings Souther Baptist Church 142 W. Center St. Girard, IL 62640 (217) 627-3534	St. Patrick's Catholic Church 745 W. Center Girard, IL 62640 (217) 965-4545 records maintained by St Mary's Catholic Church 310 Nobble Street Farmersville, IL 62533 (217) 227-3349

Apostolic Lighthouse Rr 1 Medora, IL 62063 (618) 729-2115	St John the Evangelist Catholic Church 203 N Main St Medora, IL 62063 (618) 729-9905 records - St Alphonsus Catholic Church in Brighton	Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 107 N Jefferson St Medora, IL 62063 (618) 729-3821	United Methodist Church W. Locust St Medora, IL 62063 (618) 836-5804
Harmony Baptist Church Medora, IL. 62063 (618) 836-5401

United Methodist Church of Shipman 11719 Shipman Rd Plainview, IL 62685 (618) 836-5804	Shipman United Methodist Church 278 Keating St Shipman, IL 62685 (618) 836-5891	Prayer Wheel Church of God in Christ 127 Julian Street Shipman, IL 62685 (618) 836-7751	Bethlehem Baptist Church R.R.2 Shipman, IL 62685 (618) 254-8837
Zion American Lutheran 220 Virginia St Shipman, IL 62685-4062 (618) 836-5575	Harmony Baptist Church 5024 Harmony Church Rd Shipman, IL 62685 (618) 836-7722	Grace and Faith Ministries 492 Virginia St. Shipman, IL 62685 (618) 778-5589

Bethel Southern Baptist 1250 S Hackman Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-8777	First Assembly of God 1330 S Hackman Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-5656 website	First General Baptist 628 W 8th St Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-2590	First United Baptist 617 N Hibbard Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-4472
First United Methodist 513 W Main St Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-3010	Mercy Christian 118 Henrietta Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-4827	River of Joy Ministries 709 W Pearl Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-3920	St. Michael's the Archangel Catholic Church 322 E Main St Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-3140 records - maintained by Sacred Heart Church 188 Livingston Avenue Livingston IL 62058
St Paul United Church of Christ 225 S Laurel St. Staunton, IL 62088-0238 (618) 635-2386 website	Zion Lutheran 311 S Elm Staunton, IL 62088 (618) 635-2880 website

Church of the Brethren 334 W. Dean St. Virden, IL 62690 Church (217) 965-3422 Parsonage (217) 965-4855 email www.forministry.com/62690cotb	First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Dean and Church Streets Virden, IL 62690 (217) 965-3516	First Baptist Church 157 W. Jackson St. Virden, IL 62690 Church (217) 965-4028 Parsonage (217) 965-4465 email www.virdenfirstbaptist.com	Church of the Nazarene 121 W. Prairie Virden, IL 62690
First Presbyterian Church 111 S. Church St. Virden, IL 62690 Church (217) 965-3275 Parsonage (217) 965-3273	First United Methodist Church 208 S. Church St. Virden, IL 62690 Church (217) 965-3674 Parsonage (217) 965-3060 email	Grace Southern Baptist Church 302 W. Wright St. Virden, IL 62690 (217) 965-5692	Sacred Heart Catholic Church 721 N. Springfield St. Virden, IL 62690 (217) 965-4545 http://sacredheart.dio.org
United Pentacostal Church of Virden 402 E. Jackson Virden, IL 62690 (217) 965-3624 email www.upcvirden.com