Hoover's Community of Faith
Long before the City of Hoover was founded, its community of faith was already established. The area's earliest places of worship were primitive wooden church buildings that were shared by everyone, regardless of religious affiliations or beliefs; itinerant preachers led the services.
The first church in the valley was Rocky Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church, organized in 1854. By 1900, the Methodists and Baptists had established a number of churches in the area. Other denominations, including Church of Christ, Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, Church of God and Seventh Day Adventist have since come to Hoover.
Today, Hoover's churches range from megachurches (those with attendance of 2,000 and above) to very small congregations. But each has a place in meeting the spiritual needs of people not only in Hoover, but in the surrounding areas as well. As churches seek to become more visible and involved in the community, many have found membership in the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce to be beneficial in expanding the scope of their ministries. Chamber membership is offered to churches at a very low rate, but is required in order to be listed here.
 Calvin Kelly Senior Pastor Valleydale Church 2325 Valleydale Road Birmingham AL 35244 991-5282 jdooley@valleydale.org www.valleydale.org/ |
 Shades Mountain Independent Church Harry F. Walls III, Pastor 2281 Old Tyler Rd. Birmingham, AL 35226 Phone: 205-978-6000 Fax: 205-978-6016 www.smic.org/ |
 Chuck Webster, Minister Hoover Church of Christ 3248 Lorna Road • Hoover AL 35216 Phone (205) 822-5610 • Fax: (205) 822-5112 hoovercoc@bellsouth.net www.hooverchurchofchrist.org/ |
 Metropolitan Church of GodWade Lombard or Chris Goins 2800 Metropolitan Way Birmingham AL 35243 (205) 795-4448 cgoins@metrocog.org www.metropolitanchurch.org/ |
Bluff Park United Methodist ChurchReid Crotty, Pastor733 Valley Street Hoover, AL 35226 (205) 822-0910 rcrotty@bpumc.org www.bpumc.org/ |
Shepherd of the HillsLutheran Church4887 Valleydale Road |
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 The Church at Ross Station Randy Norris, Pastor 1331 Fairfax Avenue Bessemer, Alabama 35020 (205)428-2451 www.rossstation.org randy@rossstation.org |
First Christian Church
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 Bluff Park United Methodist Church Reverend Reid Crotty 733 Valley Street Hoover AL 35226 (205) 822-0910 t mailto:rcrotty@bpumc.org www.bpumc.org/ |
Kingdom Christian Center |
Riverchase Baptist Church2020 Crossvine RoadHoover, AL 35244 Jeffrey A. Greer, Pastor (205) 985-4495 jeff@rbcstaff.com www.riverchasebaptist.org/ |
 Hunter Street Baptist Church Buddy Gray, Pastor 2600 John Hawkins Parkway Hoover, Alabama 35244 205.985.7295 Voice 205.985.9306 Fax www.hunterstreet.org/ |
 Shades Crest Baptist ChurchDr. Dennis Foust, Pastor 452 Park Avenue Hoover AL 35226 Phone: 822-1360 Fax: 822-6900 dfoust@shadescrest.org www.shadescrest.org/ |
 Riverchase Community Church 2053 Old Montgomery Highway Birmingham AL 35244 Phone:988-8515 Fax:985-0383 www.riverchase.cc/ |
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 Riverchase United Methodist Church 1953 Old Montgomery Highway Hoover AL 35244 Phone:987-4030 Fax:987-2583 john@riverchaseumc.org jim@riverchaseumc.org www.riverchaseumc.org/ |
 Shades Mountain Baptist Church 2017 Columbiana Road Birmingham AL 35216 Danny Woods, Pastor Phone:822-1670 Fax:978-1171 danny@shades.org www.shades.org/ |
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Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church5080 Cahaba Valley TraceBirmingham, AL 35242 Thomas R. Caradine, Jr., Pastor (205) 995-9265 http://www.ompc.org/ |
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Crosslife ChurchTommy Conner, Lead Pastor
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Cross Creek ChurchChris Peters (205) 453-9190 |
Calvary Temple
