Editing Owensboro, Kentucky (section)

===Religion===
Owensboro and Daviess County are served by many churches.  According to statistics from U.S. Religion Census data<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congregational Membership Reports {{!}} US Religion |url=https://thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=thearda.com}}</ref> from 2020, collected by The Association of Religion Data Archives, approximately 63.9% of the county population is affiliated with a religious organization.  Evangelical Protestants make up the largest contingent at 35.1%, with Southern Baptists being the largest single denomination in the county in terms of both number of congregations and adherents.  Catholics are the second largest single denomination in number of adherents, representing 22.1%.

The following is a breakdown of measurably significant 2020 statistics:
{| class="wikitable"
|Evangelical Protestant
|35.1
|-
|Catholic
|22.1
|-
|Mainline Protestant
|5.3
|-
|Latter Day Saints
|0.5
|-
|Jehovah’s Witnesses
|0.3
|-
|Black Protestant
|0.3
|-
|Islam
|0.2
|-
|Other Christians
|0.1
|}
Owensboro and Daviess County are home to several historic churches.  Bethlehem Methodist Church on the east side of the county was organized in 1806, making it the oldest in the county.  Nearby Yelvington Baptist Church dates back to 1813, making it the second oldest church in the county.  Bethabara Baptist in Philpot dates back to 1825, while Pleasant Grove Baptist in Sorgho traces its origins back to 1835.  First Baptist Church in Owensboro also dates back to 1835, as does Fourth Street Baptist Church.

St. Lawrence Parish in eastern Daviess County dates to 1822, making it the oldest Catholic parish in the county.  St. Stephen Parish dates to 1839, and is the oldest parish in Owensboro. In 1937, [[Pope Pius XI]] established the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro]], which spans approximately the western third of the state. It includes 32 counties and covers approximately 12,500 square miles (32,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).

The [https://www.dmba.org Daviess-McLean Baptist Association], dating back to 1844, is the regional hub for 50+ Southern Baptist churches in Daviess, McLean, and northern Ohio County.

Owensboro is also home to [[Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)|Temple Adath Israel]]. Organized in 1858 and built in 1877, it is among the oldest Jewish synagogues in the United States.

Owensboro is also the location of the [[Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary]].