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Wayne County, Ohio

Denominational Groups, 2000

24,520 22,299   8,756 661 55,328
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 25 8,030 79.1
Catholic Church Catholic 5 7,586 74.8
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 46 6,900 68.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 12 6,314 62.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 11 4,694 46.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 19 4,611 45.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 3,803 37.5
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 7 2,340 23.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 2,075 20.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 1,446 14.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 1,304 12.9
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 5 1,070 10.6
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 1,003 9.9
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 5 988 9.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 779 7.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 766 7.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 495 4.9
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 440 4.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 433 4.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 393 3.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 317 3.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 268 2.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 250 2.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 210 2.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 197 1.9
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 1 175 1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 170 1.7
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 2 161 1.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 125 1.2
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 115 1.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.9
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 88 0.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 84 0.8
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 82 0.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 58 0.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 50 0.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.5
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.3
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 26 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 24 0.2
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 194 58,041  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 101,461. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (58,041) include 57.2% 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.