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Kent County, Michigan

Denominational Groups, 2000

119,507 55,715 2,320 114,716 11,316 270,761
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 1,875 4.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 100 0.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 451 1.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 8 2,264 5.1
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 598 1.4
Catholic Church Catholic 44 84,869 190.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 450 1.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 1,475 3.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 2,353 5.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 78 40,115 90.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 933 2.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 228 0.5
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 26 0.1
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 406 0.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 888 2.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 1,474 3.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 700 1.6
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 46 0.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 11 4,340 9.8
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 780 1.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 2 121 0.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 12 8,691 19.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 4 1,149 2.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 39 0.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 826 1.9
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 668 1.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 16 7,169 16.1
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 66 0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 1,272 2.9
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 172 0.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 5,084 11.4
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 260 0.6
Protestant Reformed Churches in America Evangelical Protestant 4 1,423 3.2
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 36 21,761 49.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 1,094 2.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 1,442 3.2
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 781 1.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 15 10,673 24.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 30 11,849 26.7
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant n.a. 40 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 251 0.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 340 219,202  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 444,506. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (219,202) include 49.3% 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.