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County Membership Report
Allen County, Indiana
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
24 |
51,000 |
169.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
25,455 |
84.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
37 |
17,434 |
58.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
13,653 |
45.4 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
10,273 |
34.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
6,100 |
20.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
4,664 |
15.5 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
4,225 |
14.0 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
4,171 |
13.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
3,612 |
12.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
2,698 |
9.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,099 |
7.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,702 |
5.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,667 |
5.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
1,657 |
5.5 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,650 |
5.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
1,485 |
4.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,158 |
3.9 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
990 |
3.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
976 |
3.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
964 |
3.2 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
963 |
3.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
910 |
3.0 |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
840 |
2.8 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
727 |
2.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
715 |
2.4 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
656 |
2.2 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
478 |
1.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
474 |
1.6 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
390 |
1.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
336 |
1.1 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
317 |
1.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
271 |
0.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
252 |
0.8 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
194 |
0.6 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
149 |
0.5 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
67 |
0.2 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
57 |
0.2 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
47 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.1 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 268 |
165,657 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 300,836. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (165,657) include 55.1% 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.
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