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County Membership Report
Oakland 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 |
63 |
269,878 |
249.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
59 |
28,017 |
25.9 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
27,230 |
25.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
25,211 |
23.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
36 |
23,243 |
21.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
21,406 |
19.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
15,575 |
14.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
23 |
12,714 |
11.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
6,202 |
5.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
6,028 |
5.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
5,105 |
4.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
4,798 |
4.4 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
3,845 |
3.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,356 |
3.1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
7 |
3,214 |
3.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
3,115 |
2.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,968 |
2.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,952 |
1.8 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,524 |
1.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,424 |
1.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,250 |
1.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,234 |
1.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,189 |
1.1 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
1,100 |
1.0 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
996 |
0.9 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
968 |
0.9 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
879 |
0.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
779 |
0.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
731 |
0.7 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
674 |
0.6 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
650 |
0.6 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
632 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
500 |
0.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
474 |
0.4 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
457 |
0.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
452 |
0.4 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
450 |
0.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
410 |
0.4 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
244 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
222 |
0.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
189 |
0.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
153 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
130 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
86 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
44 |
0.0 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
43 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
37 |
0.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
26 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 522 |
481,835 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,083,592. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (481,835) include 44.5% 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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