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Sample rows

10 of the 12,844 rows. Emails and phone numbers are masked here; the CSV has them in full.

What the list shows

North Carolina has the most listings: 993 businesses, 695 of them with an email address. Texas follows with 842.

2,553 rows (20%) carry one of 78 names used by 10 or more listings, led by First United Methodist Church with 386. 7,633 businesses have a name used only once, and 5,631 of those have an email address.

The median Google rating of the 11,493 rated businesses is 4.8, and 3,664 have a perfect 5.0.

Of the 8,991 email addresses, 3,632 (40%) are role addresses such as info@, 2,223 (25%) name a person and 3,136 (35%) are free mail.

Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026.

What is in this Methodist church email list?

The Methodist church list has 12,844 Google Maps listings in the Methodist church category, counted on 9 November 2026. A row is a congregation that labeled itself Methodist on Google. The set includes United Methodist churches that chose the general label, African Methodist Episcopal and AME Zion congregations, Christian Methodist Episcopal, Free Methodist and Wesleyan churches, and old community Methodist chapels.

The file carries 8,991 email addresses, each one read from a congregation's site. A phone number sits on 11,594 rows. Only 5,367 rows show a website, fewer than half the listings. Small Methodist congregations in towns and rural areas often have a Maps profile, a phone and a Facebook page and nothing else, so for most of the file the phone is the real contact channel.

The category column holds one value, Methodist church. Churches that chose the separate United Methodist church category are in a different file.

How can you segment the file?

Names give the best split in a Methodist list. The largest repeat is First United Methodist Church with 386 rows and 426 emails, followed by United Methodist Church at 302 rows and 56 emails, Bethel A.M.E. Church at 171 and 3, St Paul A.M.E. Church at 102 and 4, and First Methodist Church at 97 and 16. Search the name column for A.M.E., Zion, C.M.E. or Free Methodist to isolate the Black Methodist traditions and the smaller denominations from the United Methodist group.

The rows are separate congregations, so dedupe by website domain. In this file 7,633 rows carry a name that appears only once, and the rest share names with at least one other church.

The 8,991 addresses divide into 3,632 role addresses, 3,136 on free mail providers and 2,224 named-person. Free mail is common in small congregations, where a pastor or a lay leader uses a personal account for church mail. Role addresses such as office@ or secretary@ reach a church administrator.

Geography is more telling than usual. A Methodist church belongs to a conference or district, and the state and city columns approximate that.

• Tradition: search names for A.M.E., Zion, C.M.E. and Free Methodist.
• Dedupe: use website domain.
• Email type: free mail often reaches the pastor, role addresses reach an administrator.
• Phone first: fewer than half the rows have a website.

Who buys a Methodist church email list?

The buyers are the firms and groups that serve congregations. Hymnal and worship resource publishers, curriculum sellers and Sunday school suppliers all depend on Methodist churches. Church software and online giving platforms reach the treasurer and the financial secretary. Insurance brokers sell property and liability coverage, and building firms pitch repairs to older sanctuaries.

Historic preservation consultants and stained glass restorers are a niche that fits Methodist buildings, many of which are old. Funeral service firms, cemetery associations and memorial suppliers contact churches with cemeteries. Seminaries and divinity schools recruit candidates. Mission and relief organizations, camp and retreat operators and conference organizers ask pastors to send members.

Black Methodist denominations have their own publishing houses, conferences and schools, and vendors serving those groups use the A.M.E. and C.M.E. name filters to find their market.

How do you run outreach to Methodist churches?

Many Methodist pastors serve more than one church, and some hold a second job. They write sermons mid-week, visit members and attend conference meetings. Evenings and early mornings are when they check mail, and a message that is short enough to read on a phone fits that habit.

In several Methodist traditions a bishop or a district superintendent assigns pastors, and a pastor may move after a few years. A named-person address can go stale when this happens, and a role address stays with the congregation. Write to the role of treasurer, trustee chair or pastor instead of a first name when the address is a shared mailbox.

Be direct about cost. Small congregations have tight budgets, and a note with a price in the first lines saves them from guessing. If you sell to the United Methodist Church, tell them whether your product is accepted at conference level.

Read the website when there is one, since fewer than half of the rows have it. A page that lists a food pantry, a youth group or a building fund gives you a first sentence. For rows without a website, a phone call is a better start than a blind email.

What email rules apply when you contact Methodist churches?

For commercial email to a congregation, CAN-SPAM asks for your valid postal address in the message and an opt-out that works. A volunteer who runs the church mailbox should be able to remove the address with one reply or one click.

Which states and cities should you start with?

North Carolina has the most Methodist listings, 993, but only 695 emails. Texas has 842 listings and 589 emails, which is the best result among the largest states. Georgia has 795 and 556, Alabama 747 and 23, Pennsylvania 677 and 16, South Carolina 643 and 12, Ohio 608 and 36, Florida 597 and 32, Tennessee 534 and 23, and Mississippi 480 and 18.

By city, Memphis has 51 listings, Birmingham 44, Houston 37, Dallas 33, Atlanta 32, Baltimore 31, Jacksonville 30, Chicago 27, Detroit 25 and Charlotte 25.

No city has more than 51 rows, since Methodist churches are spread across towns and rural areas. A seller who wants volume should work by state, with Texas first for its email yield and the Southeast for its count of listings.

What is in the list

Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026. Counted 9 November 2026.

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Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026. Counted 9 November 2026.

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