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