Churches, Macoupin County IL

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Records / History
Charity Baptist Church  Records
(Bird Township)		 Chesterfield Congregational Church
History
(Chesterfield Township)		 Concord Primitive Baptist Records 1836-1897
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Church Pic 1 - Church Pic 2
(South Palmyra Township)
Everly Chapel Church
(North Otter Township)
Harmony Baptist Church
(Chesterfield Township)
(closed its doors for good 31 Dec 2011)
History
Pictures includes Union School
from Thomas Meyer
(Honey Point Township)
Hopewell Baptist Deed
(Gillespie Township)
Immanuel Lutheran in Mt. Olive
(Mt Oive Township)
How to find records for 1881 (founding) through 1996
(the church continues to be open)
 Spring Creek Church Deed
(Regular Baptist)
from Robert Webb
(Cahokia 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"
Churches of Today

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

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

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

Carlinville
Carlinville Southern Baptist Church Sbc
19456 Hurricane Dr
Carlinville, IL 62626
(217) 854-2837
 		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
United Methodist Church
201 S. Broad St.,
P.O. Box 466, Carlinville, IL 62626-0466
(217) 854-4446
 First Assembly of God Church Carlinville
18772 Route 4
Carlinville, IL 62626
(217) 854-8924
 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
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

Chesterfield
United Methodist Church
Chesterfield, IL 62630
(618) 753-3433
 		St. Peter's Episcopal Church
 		Chesterfield Bible Church or
United Church of Chesterfield
17439 Vine Bridge Ln
Chesterfield, IL 62630
(618) 753-3128
 		Harmony Baptist Church
5024 Harmony Church Rd
Shipman, IL 62685
(618) 836-7722

Dorchester
St. John's Lutheran Church
110 West Water
Dorchester, IL


Gillespie
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



Girard
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
 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		 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
 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

Hettick
Gilead Baptist Church
Hettick, IL


Honey Point
Honey Point Baptist Church Picture
unknown date of picture
(picture contributed by Thomas Meyer: Wilford A. Rigg is listed as a minister on the 1930 census.
The photo is on a thin metal plate with a raised floral design around the edge.)


Medora
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



Modesto
Modesto Baptist Church
(217) 439-7399

Mt Olive
Church of the Ascension Catholic Church
705 E Main Street
Mt Olive IL 62069
(217) 999-4981
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
410 E Garfield
Mt Olive IL 62069
(217) 999-4981
records - Church of the Ascension
  Catholic Church in Mt Olive

Nilwood
Nilwood Baptist Church
38 Judd St.
Nilwood, IL 62672
Church (217) 627-2208

Palmyra
Blooming Grove Christian Church
29207 Quarton Rd.
Palmyra, IL 62674
3 miles east on Emmerson Airline Rd.
1 mile south on country road 1200E
(217) 436-2554		 Concord Primitive Baptist Church
27260 Concord Rd.
Palmyra, IL 62674
(217) 854-9982

Piasa
Mt Zion Baptist Parsonage
Piasa, IL 62079
(618) 729-4295		 Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church
Route 16
Piasa, IL. 62079
(618) 585-4708

Plainview
Plainview Baptist Church

Royal Lakes
First Community Baptist Church
of Royal Lakes
719 W. Shipman Road
Shipman, IL 62685
(618) 836-5517		 Household of Faith
743 Magnolia Dr
Royal Lakes, IL 62685-9471
(217) 556-5141

Shipman
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
Grace and Faith Ministries
492 Virginia St.
Shipman, IL 62685
(618) 778-5589


Standard City Road
Rural United Methodist Church
19789 Standard City Rd

Staunton
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
 		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
 		Zion Lutheran
311 S Elm
Staunton, IL 62088
(618) 635-2880


Summerville
Summerville Presbyterian Church
Summerville, IL 62063

Virden
Church of the Brethren
334 W. Dean St.
Virden, IL 62690
Church (217) 965-3422
Parsonage (217) 965-4855

 		First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
Dean and Church Streets
Virden, IL 62690
(217) 965-3516
Sunday School Class Circa 1921
 First Baptist Church
157 W. Jackson St.
Virden, IL 62690
Church (217) 965-4028
Parsonage (217) 965-4465

 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
 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
United Pentacostal Church of Virden
402 E. Jackson
Virden, IL 62690
(217) 965-3624




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

Illinois Methodist / Methodist Episcopal Church records are kept by the:
 United Methodist Church Historical Society, 1211 North Park Street, Bloomington, IL, 61701,  309-828-5092, ext. 227.
The Illinois Great Rivers Conference UMC Historical Society was recently created through the merger of the Southern and the Central conferences and its records cover central and southern Illinois as well as records of some disbanded congregations. Members of the staff will do some searching of those records for a small fee.

Alan Ball writes, "Records for Immanuel Lutheran in Mt. Olive were microfilmed by the Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis for 1881 (founding) through 1996. They appear to have a copy of the film (limited hours and there is an access fee), but the St. Louis County Library has a copy of the film in the Specials Collection department at the library headquarters."

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://episcopalchurch.org/(Episcopal Church, USA)
http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy)
http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod)
http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist)
https://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America)
http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ)







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