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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 |
37 |
114,716 |
199.7 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
78 |
48,973 |
85.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
34 |
17,633 |
30.7 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
11,562 |
20.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
36 |
10,497 |
18.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
9,690 |
16.9 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
9,350 |
16.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
7,518 |
13.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
7,402 |
12.9 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
6,980 |
12.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
6,412 |
11.2 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
6,369 |
11.1 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
4,826 |
8.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
4,527 |
7.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
3,042 |
5.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
2,845 |
5.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,507 |
4.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
5 |
2,430 |
4.2 |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,116 |
3.7 |
| United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,934 |
3.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,800 |
3.1 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,590 |
2.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,562 |
2.7 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,520 |
2.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,449 |
2.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,138 |
2.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
1,026 |
1.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,021 |
1.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,004 |
1.8 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
816 |
1.4 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
761 |
1.3 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
758 |
1.3 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
720 |
1.3 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
713 |
1.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
703 |
1.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
677 |
1.2 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
678 |
1.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
568 |
1.0 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
564 |
1.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
496 |
0.9 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
483 |
0.8 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
380 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
250 |
0.4 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
246 |
0.4 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
236 |
0.4 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
201 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
186 |
0.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
148 |
0.3 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
1 |
106 |
0.2 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
83 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
80 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
62 |
0.1 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
55 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
45 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
38 |
0.1 |
| Strict Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
18 |
0.0 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 442 |
303,574 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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358,046 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 500,631; in 2000 it was 574,335. The total population changed 14.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (303,574) include 52.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (358,046) include 62.3% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†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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