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Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Denominational Groups, 2000

16,352 47,885 232 33,277 1,249 49,286
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 5 2,938 23.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 1,413 11.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.6
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 1,544 12.5
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 255 2.1
Catholic Church Catholic 14 23,364 188.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 82 0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 419 3.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 96 0.8
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 3 1,360 11.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 566 4.6
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 135 1.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 921 7.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 33 28,404 229.4
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 9 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 135 1.1
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 24 0.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 3,971 32.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 158 1.3
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 28 0.2
Netherlands Reformed Congregations Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.7
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 768 6.2
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 2,436 19.7
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 6 2,173 17.6
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 197 1.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 275 2.2
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 345 2.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 57 0.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 5 1,654 13.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 11 6,414 51.8
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 800 6.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 663 5.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 141 82,134  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 123,809. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (82,134) include 66.3% 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.