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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† |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
78 |
43,473 |
86.8 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
38 |
86,135 |
172.1 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
38 |
20,738 |
41.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
11,143 |
22.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
7,351 |
14.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
10,043 |
20.1 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
8,246 |
16.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
11,150 |
22.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
3,218 |
6.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
9,021 |
18.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
944 |
1.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
5,512 |
11.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,181 |
4.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
618 |
1.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,421 |
2.8 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
3,038 |
6.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
530 |
1.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
2,001 |
4.0 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
305 |
0.6 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
404 |
0.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,322 |
2.6 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
325 |
0.7 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
415 |
0.8 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,090 |
2.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
2,700 |
5.4 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
344 |
0.7 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
572 |
1.1 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
388 |
0.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
702 |
1.4 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,912 |
3.8 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,457 |
2.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,539 |
3.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
359 |
0.7 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
320 |
0.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
210 |
0.4 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
39 |
0.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
148 |
0.3 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
138 |
0.3 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
408 |
0.8 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
1,199 |
2.4 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
89 |
0.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
16 |
0.0 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
33 |
0.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
14,821 |
29.6 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 381 |
258,043 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 500,631. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (258,043) include 51.5% 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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