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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
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 540 13.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 1,842 44.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 641 15.4
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 14 0.3
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 382 9.2
Catholic Church Catholic 4 3,510 84.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 756 18.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 14 4,245 102.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 83 2.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 322 7.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 296 7.1
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 325 7.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 490 11.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 111 2.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 148 3.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 188 4.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 330 7.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 2,149 51.7
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 2 178 4.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 662 15.9
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 11 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 100 2.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 22 7,197 173.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 617 14.9
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 20 3,414 82.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 103 28,585  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 41,561. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (28,585) include 68.8% of the total population in 1990.

Source

The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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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.