Columbia SC Churches

Columbia SC Churches Our guide to churches in Columbia will help you discover churches in all denominations. The list is further broken down by location within Richland County.

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African Methodist Episcopal Church - 7th District
Historic Bethel AME Church
Organized in 1866, members of Bethel AME first worshiped in an old sword factory on Wayne Street. The congregation relocated several times in the downtown Columbia before acquiring land at Sumter Street. With ever-increasing membership, Bethel AME moved to the old Shandon Baptist Church site at 819 Woodrow Street in 1995. Today Bethel AME Church is one of the largest AME church campuses in the world and is also home to Bethel Learning Center, a SCISA-accredited school and one of the most highly-regarded private schools in the state. The Renaissance Foundation now owns the Sumter Street building, which serves as a Cultural Arts Center.

Church of the Good Shepherd
One of the oldest churches in Columbia, the Church of the Good Shepherd was organized in 1883. It was originally a mission church of nearby Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. By 1886 it became its own parish. Today the Church of the Good Shepherd describes itself as an Anglo-Catholic parish and belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.

St Joseph Catholic Church
St. Joseph Catholic Church in downtown Columbia, formed in 1954, belongs to the Catholic Diocese of Charleston. The parish also houses a school for children ages four through sixth grade.
St Peter's Catholic Church
St Thomas More Catholic Student Center - University of South Carolina

Episcopal Church of St Simon & St Jude
St David's Episcopal Church
St John's Episcopal Church
St Mary's Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral dates back to 1812, when its first congregation gathered to build a small, wooden church on the corner of Columbia's Gervais and Sumter streets. The church was completed in 1814, but by 1845, well-known architect E. B. White had been commissioned to create a more elegant edifice. White, who modeled Trinity's new home after England's Yorkminster Cathedral, also designed the steeple of St Philip's in Charleston. A wrought iron fence surrounds Trinity's famous graveyard, where several famous South Carolinian's are buried.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
This Greek Orthodox church in downtown Columbia was founded in 1936 when Greek immigrants established a community in the South Carolina midlands and began worshiping together. By 1939 members of the small congregation had acquired a frame house for their church services. The church was called Assumption Greek Orthodox Parish by 1942 and became an official member of the Archdiocese of North and South America. The church as well as the Greek community in Columbia grew from this point, requiring the congregation to build a larger house of worship at Sumter and Calhoun Streets in 1949. Once the new church was built, the congregation changed its name to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity.