Lauderdale County, Mississippi is home to several local religious congregations. The churches represent a variety of faiths and denominations including Baptist, Methodist, Catholic and nondenominational. These churches have served the county for many years, helping to build strong communities through their spiritual guidance and service-based activities. The number of members at each church varies and ranges from small congregations to large parishes with hundreds of attendees each Sunday. These churches provide a sense of community for the residents of Lauderdale County by providing places of worship and fellowship. They also bring people together through events such as mission trips, youth groups, Bible studies and more. Through these activities, religious congregations help foster relationships between members while emphasizing the importance of faith in action.
72.5% of the people in Lauderdale County are religious:
- 44.1% are Baptist
- 0.9% are Episcopalian
- 2.3% are Catholic
- 0.2% are Lutheran
- 9.9% are Methodist
- 2.3% are Pentecostal
- 1.3% are Presbyterian
- 1.0% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 9.9% are another Christian faith
- 0.1% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.4% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.