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Marion County, Illinois

Denominational Groups, 2000

17,303 4,962   3,554 254 15,618
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 22 6,570 151.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 20 3,875 89.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 16 3,649 83.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 592 13.6
Catholic Church Catholic 4 3,825 87.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 4 459 10.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 1,081 24.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,556 35.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 360 8.3
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 480 11.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 249 5.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 127 2.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 601 13.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 29 0.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 103 2.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 1,945 44.7
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 60 1.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 307 7.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 540 12.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 417 9.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 227 5.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 48 1.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 226 5.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 97 27,326  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 43,523. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (27,326) include 62.8% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.