Linn County, Oregon
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† |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
4,879 |
53.5 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
8 |
3,378 |
37.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
2,433 |
26.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,995 |
21.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,707 |
18.7 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,692 |
18.6 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,587 |
17.4 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,393 |
15.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,003 |
11.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
861 |
9.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
785 |
8.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
695 |
7.6 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
614 |
6.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
517 |
5.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
391 |
4.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
299 |
3.3 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
294 |
3.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
293 |
3.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
282 |
3.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
138 |
1.5 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
125 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
94 |
1.0 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
93 |
1.0 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.6 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
34 |
0.4 |
| Berean Fundamental Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.3 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 121 |
25,666 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 91,227. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (25,666) include 28.1% 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.
