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Marion County, Oregon

Denominational Groups, 2000

41,087 19,026   38,076 8,784 177,861
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
Catholic Church Catholic 17 50,616 221.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 18 6,579 28.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 10 6,025 26.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 15 5,543 24.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 10 4,577 20.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 4,275 18.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 7 4,246 18.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 3,082 13.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 2,815 12.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 2,772 12.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 8 2,761 12.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 2,277 10.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 1,921 8.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 6 1,354 5.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 1,048 4.6
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 950 4.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 4 916 4.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 700 3.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 684 3.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 587 2.6
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 576 2.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 6 522 2.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 4 475 2.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 375 1.6
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 5 372 1.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 347 1.5
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 307 1.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 305 1.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 1.3
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 266 1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 253 1.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 205 0.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 189 0.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 175 0.8
American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 142 0.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 121 0.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 119 0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 115 0.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 102 0.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 96 0.4
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 94 0.4
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 83 0.4
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 66 0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 53 0.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 48 0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.1
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 12 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 217 109,456  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 228,483. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (109,456) include 47.9% 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.