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County Membership Report
Washtenaw 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 |
14 |
34,376 |
121.5 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
10,863 |
38.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
7,503 |
26.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
6,112 |
21.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
5,627 |
19.9 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
4,500 |
15.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
4,471 |
15.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
4,132 |
14.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
4,128 |
14.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
3,450 |
12.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
3,386 |
12.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,995 |
7.1 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,897 |
6.7 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
1,105 |
3.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,019 |
3.6 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
987 |
3.5 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
884 |
3.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
871 |
3.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
850 |
3.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
750 |
2.7 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
715 |
2.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
645 |
2.3 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
489 |
1.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
397 |
1.4 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
386 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
341 |
1.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
338 |
1.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
283 |
1.0 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
237 |
0.8 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
230 |
0.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
188 |
0.7 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
167 |
0.6 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
144 |
0.5 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
105 |
0.4 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
96 |
0.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
97 |
0.3 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
81 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
80 |
0.3 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
68 |
0.2 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
61 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.2 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.1 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
22 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
13 |
0.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
15 |
0.1 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
8 |
0.0 |
| 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 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 187 |
104,216 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 282,937. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (104,216) include 36.8% 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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