 Country Churches 
by:  Country Churches Country Churches. We have all seen these very rural beautiful symbols of our past out in rural areas in our community. They stand tall and majestic and are a symbol of a way of living that once was. Country Churches are just what the name states. Churches in the
country. They are NOT "within city limits". They may have a farm nearby
because most of them do. But, they are located at least ONE MILE(1 mile) or more AWAY from a POPULATED hamlet/city/town/or village. |
 Orthodox Churches
by: Orthodox Churches This is to document all Orthodox Church buildings around the world, whether they be associated with Eastern or Oriental Orthodoxy. One of their most recognizable features are their domes. The Orthodox Church has been around since the 1st Century. |
 Baptist Churches
by: Baptist Church Seekers Baptist refers to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination, a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion in water as a public display of their faith. This category is to document the locations of both active and former Baptist Church buildings. |
This Old Church by: This Old Church Is a church nearby a centenarian? If so, this category is the place! Here you can Waymark churches with sanctuaries at least 100 years old. Also, structures which were once the churches, but are now used for some other purpose (like a museum, library or school), may also be recorded. This category has simple, but very specific requirements. Please click on "show additional information" below to view requirements for this category before you head out to waymark the Old Church. |
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 Church of the Nazarene
by: Bresee Brigade Any active Church of the Nazarene or Nazarene institution/ministry including colleges, schools, clinics, compassionate ministry centers, etc. |
 Methodist Churches
by: Methodists From its ambitious beginnings in 1729, Methodism is now the way of worship for over seventy-five million people worldwide. These Methodist congregations, in all their flavours, gather in buildings specific for Methodist worship. It is for buildings currently and formerly used as Methodist Churches that this category has been created. |
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Lutheran Churches by: Lutheran Church Lutheran congregations believe in Lutheranism, a part of Protestant Christianity that was inspired by the acts of Martin Luther (1483-1586). There are millions of Lutherans worldwide who belong to Lutheran Churches. This category documents the locations for active and former Lutheran Church buildings. |
 Wesleyan Churches
by: Wesleyans The Wesleyan Church is an evangelical, Protestant denomination. This category's purpose is to find buildings belonging to this denomination that are currently being used as places of worship. |
Roman Catholic Churches by: Sextons The Roman Catholic Church dates its origins to the first century A.D. and now has many thousands of churches in nearly every country of the world. Many of them are of historic and architectural interest, but large, small, new, old, simple or ornate they are all welcome here. |
 Medieval Churches
by: Medieval Churches This category contains churches from the medieval times. The churches can be from any religion but the time when the church was built must be from the medieval times. |
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 Wooden Church Artefacts
by: Wooden Church Artefacts This category is for wooden artefacts - Objects can be entered in this category from within and around churches and other places of worship. We are looking for "unusual" and interesting objects, and prefer not to be a category of duplicate waymarks. |
 Stone Church Artefacts
by: Historical Researchers This category is for stone church artefacts, objects can be entered in this category from within and around churches. We are looking for unusual objects; we do not want it to be a category of duplicate waymarks. Frieze art is an exception. |
 Seventh-day Adventist Churches
by: Friends of Friends of Friends Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, constitute the church's understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. This category documents the locations for all Seventh-day Adventist Churches. |
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 Megachurches
by: Megachurches A megachurch is a modern Protestant church with an average weekly attendance of 2,000 or more. These churches are global, with some reaching attendance above 100,000 and as high as 800,000 at one church. |
 LDS Church History Sites
by: Mormon History LDS Church History Sites will contain waymarks for places where important events in LDS history took place.
This category would not contain LDS Temple sites, since there is already a category for those. |
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 Quaker Meeting Houses
by: Friends of Friends The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) was founded in England in the 17th century as a Christian religious denomination by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Their "churches" are known as meeting houses. |
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 Lychgates and Depositories
by: Lychgates and Depositories Originally Lychgates were a covered gateway used as the temporary resting place for a casket or corpse awaiting burial. They generally were located at a cemetery or church to provide protection from the elements. Depositories, though differing in appearance and placement, served essentially the same purpose. |