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Moffat County, Colorado

Denominational Groups, 2000

2,313 499 153 1,170 1,068 7,981
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 210 15.9
Catholic Church Catholic 1 1,170 88.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 317 24.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 147 11.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,068 81.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 31 2.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 148 11.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 62 4.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 103 7.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 153 11.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 200 15.2
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 1 129 9.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 48 3.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 2 1,083 82.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 255 19.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 1 79 6.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 22 5,203  
Total (Adjusted)**:   5,738  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 11,357; in 2000 it was 13,184. The total population changed 16.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,203) include 39.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (5,738) include 43.5% of the population.

Source

*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga county are Episcopalian.

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