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Religious Congregations of Hamilton County

By Times Free Press Staff June 3, 2016 1 min read

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Religious Congregations of Hamilton County

Rodney Youngblood and Craig Thomas, of Youngblood Painting, scrapes the steeple section to prepare for fresh white paint on Monday high atop the Lookout Mountain United Methodist Church at Lula Lake Road and Red Riding Hood Trail. Youngblood says it should take at least a full week to paint all the white trim on the stately building.

The massive steeple of Woodland Park Baptist Church is illuminated agasint a darkening western sky after sunset recently in the Tyner area of Chattanooga.

Rev. Dr. Ernest L. Reid, Jr., center, stands with his family and sings a hymn during a service where he was welcomed as the new pastor of the Second Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The church recently celebrated 149 years in operation and he is the 21st pastor in the church's history.

Rev. Dr. Ernest L. Reid, Jr., stands with his family and sings a hymn during a service where he was welcomed as the new pastor of the Second Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The church recently celebrated 149 years in operation and he is the 21st pastor in the church's history.

David Sneed leads singing Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Mile Straight Baptist Church.

The 10 largest faith groups in Hamilton County, according to figures from the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. The numbers are from 2010, the last year in which the survey was taken.

1. Southern Baptist Convention, 73,598 adherents in 108 congregations.

2. United Methodist Church, 22,312 adherents in 39 congregations.

3. Nondenominational, 16,086 adherents in 62 congregations.

4. Catholic Church, 12,685 adherents in 6 congregations.