St. Louis County, Missouri
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 |
% Change |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+3,394 |
1432.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,194 |
382.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+2,956 |
297.1% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+4,031 |
279.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,334 |
216.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+25,411 |
117.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+567 |
80.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,626 |
77.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,276 |
55.6% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+136 |
51.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+103 |
17.5% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+39 |
13.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+161 |
5.2% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+104 |
2.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-623 |
-1.5% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-42 |
-5.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-8 |
-16,498 |
-5.2% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-5,526 |
-9.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,073 |
-10.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-897 |
-12.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-30 |
-14.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-4,296 |
-15.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-852 |
-16.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-136 |
-17.8% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-171 |
-18.2% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-4,645 |
-22.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-83 |
-22.7% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,097 |
-28.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-8,015 |
-32.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-29 |
-46.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-5,440 |
-50.7% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-973 |
-75.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-32 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-3
| -6,126 |
-1.1% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 993,529; in 2000 it was 1,016,315. The total population changed 2.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (623,220) represent 62.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (580,919) include 57.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 33 groups had 572,575 adherents in 1990 and 566,449 adherents in 2000, for a change of -1.1%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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