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Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Denominational Groups, 2000

1,806 2,535   176   1,588
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
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 64 10.0
Catholic Church Catholic 2 403 62.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 675 105.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 346 53.9
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 1 56 8.7
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 59 9.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 122 19.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 243 37.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 147 22.9
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 69 10.8
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 1,125 175.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 73 11.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 7 1,689 263.3
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 35 5,071  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 6,416. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,071) include 79.0% 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.