Montezuma County, Colorado is home to numerous religious congregations, catering to a variety of denominations. In the county seat of Cortez, there are a number of churches representing mainline Protestant faiths as well as Catholic and Latter-Day Saint congregations. Further out in the townships, smaller congregations dot the landscape. These include independent Christian churches, Baptist churches, Pentecostal churches, and other traditional denominations. No matter one's spiritual preference or background, no individual in Montezuma County need go far to find a church home. While not all houses of worship are large or equipped with big budgets for elaborate services and programming, each has its own unique flavor and welcomes worshippers from all walks of life.
31.7% of the people in Montezuma County are religious:
- 3.5% are Baptist
- 0.7% are Episcopalian
- 5.1% are Catholic
- 0.7% are Lutheran
- 3.2% are Methodist
- 2.4% are Pentecostal
- 0.5% are Presbyterian
- 9.0% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 6.4% are another Christian faith
- 0.0% are Judaism
- 0.1% are an eastern faith
- 0.0% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.