Working research directory. The church names below are retained from the earlier county page. Individual founding dates, former locations, and current status need supporting sources. A listing is a research lead, not confirmation of an active congregation. Rhine is in neighboring Dodge County; its entries are included for regional family research. Please send corrections and source details to the coordinator.

Telfair County, Georgia Churches

A Historical and Genealogical Guide to Past and Present Congregations

This page is an ongoing effort to document churches in Telfair County, Georgia—past and present. It is intended as a research aid for genealogists, local historians, and anyone interested in the religious history of the county. Information will be added as records, photographs, and memories are shared.

The lists below are not yet complete. If you know of a church that should be included, or if you have historical information, photographs, minutes, anniversary programs, or cemetery details to contribute, please contact the county coordinator.

Listed Congregations by Town

McRae-Helena

McRae First Baptist Church
McRae United Methodist Church
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Helena Baptist Church
Faith Baptist Church
Greater Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
New Beginning Church of Christ
True Light Church of Jesus Christ
St. Peter’s Anglican Church

Lumber City

Lumber City Baptist Church
Lumber City Methodist Church
St. John Missionary Baptist Church
Fishing Creek Baptist Church
House of Prayer by Faith
Lumber City Church of God

Jacksonville

Blockhouse Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Midway Missionary Baptist Church
Mt. Galilee Missionary Baptist Church
New Salem Missionary Baptist Church
Emmanuel Apostolic Church
Church of God of Prophecy

Scotland

Scotland Baptist Church
Scotland United Methodist Church
Sandhill Baptist Church

Milan

Rebecca Baptist Church
Rockwell Baptist Church
Siloam Baptist Church
Freedom Baptist Church

Rhine

Sharon Baptist Church
Additional congregations: contributions welcome

Historic & Vanished Churches

Many early churches no longer have active congregations, yet traces of them remain in deeds, association minutes, maps, family histories, and cemeteries. This section is intended to preserve the memory of churches that have closed, merged, moved, or disappeared.

Early Churches (c. 1807–1860)

Early Baptist and Methodist meeting houses — research leads; names and locations need documentation

Reconstruction & Late 19th Century Churches

Missionary Baptist churches organized after the Civil War
Early AME congregations, including Mt. Dollaway AME in Jacksonville

Churches Known Only from Records

Churches mentioned in deeds and association minutes
Churches shown on historic maps but no longer standing

Churches Lost to Consolidation or Decline

Rural churches closed or merged — research topic

Photographically Documented Churches

Churches appearing in historic photographs — contributor identification and permission needed

Church Cemeteries

Many churches in Telfair County are connected with cemeteries. For transcriptions, directions, photographs, and related burial information, please visit the Telfair County Cemeteries page.

Cemeteries at Listed Churches

Fishing Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
St. John Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Rockwell Baptist Church Cemetery
Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery

Cemeteries of Former Churches

Old church cemeteries where the building is gone — documentation needed

Unidentified Church Cemeteries

Cemeteries believed to be associated with a church, but the church name is not yet known

Denominational Resources

The following resources may contain histories, membership lists, anniversary materials, and other records relating to churches in Telfair County.

Baptist

Ocmulgee and Little Ocmulgee Baptist Association minutes
Church constitutions and membership rolls

Methodist & AME

South Georgia Conference journals
AME conference minutes

Holiness, Pentecostal, Church of God

State and regional Church of God records
Local church histories and anniversary booklets

Catholic

Diocese of Savannah records for Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Presbyterian & Anglican

McRae Presbyterian Church records
St. Peter’s Anglican Church records

This page is part of the Telfair County, Georgia GenWeb Project. Content will continue to grow as additional information becomes available.