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Church email list: every church and congregation in your area, by denomination

A church email list built from Google Maps covers the churches and other congregations in the area you choose, from megachurches to small rural congregations, sorted by denomination where the listing says so. Each row has the church's phone, website, address, service hours, rating and reviews, plus emails from the church's own website checked against the live mail server. You pay once per church, and you can preview the list free first.

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~373,000religious congregations in the US (Hartford Institute estimate)Source: Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Fast Facts about American Religion
356,642congregations counted by the US Religion Census (2020)Source: Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Fast Facts about American Religion
186,000+religious organizations with paid employees in the US (NAICS 813110, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 813110)
70median regular worship participants in a US congregation (Hartford Institute)Source: Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Fast Facts about American Religion

How big is the church market?

There's no official directory of US churches, so counts are estimates. The Hartford Institute puts the total at about 373,000 congregations, between the US Religion Census 2020 count of 356,642 and higher survey-based estimates. The Census Bureau's County Business Patterns counts about 186,000 religious organizations, but only those with paid employees; many small congregations have none. Most churches are small: the median congregation has about 70 regular participants. A small church may have one part-time pastor and a volunteer treasurer; a large one has an executive pastor, a business administrator and department heads. Spending runs on an annual budget approved by a board, elders, a vestry or a congregational vote, and giving is the only income for most.

How many churches are there in each state?

Texas, California and Pennsylvania have the most. The Census Bureau counted 186,801 establishments in Religious organizations (NAICS 813110) across the 50 states and DC in 2023. These are locations with paid employees, so one-person businesses aren't included and the real number of businesses is higher. Use it to size a market before you build the list.

Rank	State	Establishments (2023)	Share of US
1	Texas	14,784	7.9%
2	California	12,379	6.6%
3	Pennsylvania	9,420	5.0%
4	Florida	9,407	5.0%
5	North Carolina	8,995	4.8%
6	New York	8,420	4.5%
7	Ohio	7,911	4.2%
8	Illinois	7,046	3.8%
9	Georgia	6,792	3.6%
10	Virginia	6,213	3.3%
11	Michigan	5,942	3.2%
12	Tennessee	5,827	3.1%
13	Indiana	5,296	2.8%
14	Missouri	4,764	2.6%
15	South Carolina	4,540	2.4%
16	Alabama	4,524	2.4%
17	New Jersey	4,141	2.2%
18	Minnesota	4,035	2.2%
19	Wisconsin	3,884	2.1%
20	Washington	3,570	1.9%
21	Maryland	3,355	1.8%
22	Oklahoma	3,332	1.8%
23	Kentucky	3,267	1.7%
24	Iowa	2,948	1.6%
25	Louisiana	2,929	1.6%
26	Massachusetts	2,879	1.5%
27	Colorado	2,850	1.5%
28	Mississippi	2,836	1.5%
29	Arkansas	2,635	1.4%
30	Kansas	2,609	1.4%
31	Oregon	2,411	1.3%
32	Arizona	2,305	1.2%
33	Connecticut	1,574	0.8%
34	Nebraska	1,561	0.8%
35	West Virginia	1,511	0.8%
36	New Mexico	1,054	0.6%
37	South Dakota	902	0.5%
38	Montana	824	0.4%
39	Idaho	753	0.4%
40	Maine	718	0.4%
41	North Dakota	712	0.4%
42	New Hampshire	664	0.4%
43	Nevada	599	0.3%
44	Hawaii	569	0.3%
45	Delaware	563	0.3%
46	District of Columbia	485	0.3%
47	Rhode Island	479	0.3%
48	Wyoming	415	0.2%
49	Utah	399	0.2%
50	Alaska	390	0.2%
51	Vermont	383	0.2%

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (state file), all legal forms.

What's in a church lead list

Every row is one church business found on Google Maps inside the area you chose, with its email found on its own website and checked against the live mail server. These are the columns that matter most for churches:

Field	Why it matters for churches
category / categories	Google Maps files many churches under a denomination ("Baptist church", "Lutheran church"). Denomination tells you a lot: governance, who signs, and which denominational suppliers they already use.
email, grade, role and source	Church sites usually list an office address (office@, info@) and often the pastor's and staff emails on a staff page. Up to 5 emails per church, each with role and source, let you reach the pastor or administrator instead of a generic inbox. Invalid emails are never exported.
hours	Service times and office hours show how active a church is during the week. A church with weekday office hours has staff to talk to; one open only on Sunday likely runs on volunteers.
reviews and rating	Review count is a rough proxy for attendance and visitor traffic. A church with hundreds of reviews is likely large enough to have a budget for software, AV or facilities work.
website and website_platform	Many small churches run on an old site, a free site builder or a Facebook page alone. That's the list for church web design, and the platform column shows what a site runs on where it can be detected.
facebook and youtube	Churches that stream services usually link YouTube or Facebook. Those are the prospects for streaming gear, AV installation and video services.
address, city, state, postal_code	Facility services, roofing, HVAC and insurance are local. Address also helps you merge or separate churches that share a campus with a school or daycare.

About 45 columns in all, including up to five emails per business with their role and source, and eight social networks. See a sample export.

Search terms that find every church

No single keyword finds them all. Businesses file themselves under different Google Maps categories and describe themselves in different words, so a complete list searches every variant across the whole area, then removes duplicates.

Search terms: church, baptist church, southern baptist church, catholic church, methodist church, united methodist church, lutheran church, presbyterian church, episcopal church, pentecostal church, assemblies of god church, church of christ, nondenominational church, evangelical church, bible church, community church, african methodist episcopal church, seventh-day adventist church, orthodox church, spanish church, christian church, place of worship.

Google Maps categories: Church, Baptist church, Catholic church, Methodist church, United Methodist church, Lutheran church, Presbyterian church, Episcopal church, Pentecostal church, Assemblies of God church, Church of Christ, Non-denominational church, Evangelical church, Seventh-day Adventist church, Christian church, Place of worship.

Who sells to churches, and what works

Church management and online giving software. Small churches want simple giving and member records; large ones want check-in, groups and reporting. Lead with what it costs per month and how long setup takes, and be honest about fees on donations.
Audio, video and livestream installers. Churches that started streaming and still use the original setup are the market. Use the YouTube and Facebook links to find them, and offer a site visit, not a catalog.
Church web design and communications agencies. A church with no site, or one that hasn't been updated in years, is losing visitors who search on Sunday morning. Show the specific problem, such as service times missing from the homepage.
Roofing, HVAC, parking lot and facility contractors. Older buildings and big rooms used one day a week have expensive upkeep. Capital projects are planned a year ahead and approved by a board, so time the pitch before budget season.
Insurance, payroll and nonprofit accounting firms. Clergy payroll and housing allowance rules are unusual, and many small churches handle them by hand. A clear, plain explanation of what you do and what it costs works.
Event, wedding and community-program partners. Many churches rent their fellowship hall or sanctuary for weddings, recitals and community events. Caterers, photographers and planners can ask to be on their recommended list.

How to segment and qualify a church list

By denomination

Run one search line per denomination and keep the category column. Governance differs: a Catholic parish answers to a diocese, a United Methodist church to a conference, while a nondenominational church usually decides for itself.

By size

There's no attendance figure in the data, so use review count and hours as proxies. Weekday office hours plus a few hundred reviews usually means paid staff and a real budget.

Churches without a website

Filter for rows with no website but a Facebook link. Those churches rely on Facebook alone and are the clearest web design prospects.

Churches that livestream

Filter for a YouTube link. Streaming churches buy cameras, audio, lighting and sometimes production help.

Churches with schools or daycares

Search "christian preschool" and "christian school" alongside "church" and look for matching names and addresses. A shared campus means larger facilities and more complex insurance and safety needs.

How to reach churches

Respect who you're writing to

Churches are nonprofits and community organizations, and many pastors get a lot of vendor email. Be plain and respectful, skip sales tricks and fake urgency, and don't use religious language you wouldn't use in person. One clear sentence on what you do and why it fits their church works best.

Know who decides and when

The pastor usually starts the conversation, but a board, elders, vestry or finance committee often approves spending, and some denominations need a regional body's sign-off for buildings. Budgets are commonly set in the fall for the next year. Pitch large projects in late summer and early fall.

Avoid the busy seasons

Christmas and Easter are the busiest weeks of the year for church staff. Don't send in December or Holy Week. Mondays are often the pastor's day off, and Sunday is never a good day; Tuesday to Thursday mornings are best.

Nonprofit doesn't mean exempt from CAN-SPAM

When you email a church to sell something, it's a commercial message under CAN-SPAM: truthful subject line, real postal address and a working opt-out. Personal addresses of staff and volunteers need extra care. See cold email laws and get legal advice for your own program.

How to find church leads: build the list in four steps

Choose the place. A city, county or ZIP code, a radius around an address, or a shape you draw on the map (or a KML file).
Search every variant. Start from the terms above. Leadraft splits large areas into tiles so you get the businesses past Google's first few hundred results, and keeps only the ones inside your area and in the trade.
Preview before you pay. The free preview shows real businesses already found there, with emails masked.
Export or push. Download CSV or XLSX, or send the Verified emails straight to Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or HubSpot with your suppression list applied. Each business is charged once, ever.

Churches lead lists: questions

How many churches are there in the US?

There's no official count. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research estimates about 373,000 religious congregations in the US, between the US Religion Census 2020 count of 356,642 and higher survey estimates. The Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns counts about 186,000 religious organizations with paid employees (NAICS 813110), which leaves out many small congregations.

Can I get a church email list for a specific city or state?

Yes. Pick a city, county, ZIP code or state, or draw the area on a map, and choose whether to include churches just outside it. You can also limit the search to one denomination, such as Baptist churches in Tennessee.

Are the emails verified?

Each email comes from the church's own website and is checked against its live mail server. It's graded Verified (the mailbox answered), Accept-all (the server accepts everything, so it's a maybe, never a yes) or Invalid. Invalid emails are never exported. Small churches without a website may come with a phone number but no email.

How much does a church email list cost?

Leadraft charges one business credit per church, once, and one checked-email credit per verified email you take out. Free gives you 500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month; Starter is $19 for 25,000 businesses and 1,000 checked emails; Growth is $49 for 100,000 and 5,000; Pro is $99 for 300,000 and 15,000; Scale is $149 for 600,000 and 30,000. Example: if a statewide search in Georgia finds 9,000 churches and you export 3,000 verified emails, that's 9,000 business credits and 3,000 checked-email credits, which fits in Growth at $49.

Can I filter churches by denomination?

Mostly. Many churches choose a denomination category on Google Maps, and that's kept in the category columns. Others just use "Church", so search denomination names as well and check the business name, which often includes it.

Does the list include synagogues, mosques and temples?

Only if you search for them. Add "synagogue", "mosque" or "hindu temple" as search lines, or use "place of worship" to catch congregations filed under the general category.

Sources

1.Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Fast Facts about American Religion · Estimate of US congregations; cites the US Religion Census 2020 count and median congregation size.
2.US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 813110) · Religious organizations with paid employees only.
3.FTC, CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business

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