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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 6 2,039 13.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 1,603 10.8
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 550 3.7
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 70 0.5
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 1,388 9.4
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Catholic Church Catholic 14 33,277 224.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 546 3.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 181 1.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 4 1,887 12.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 128 0.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 923 6.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 66 0.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 333 2.3
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,037 7.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 560 3.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 295 2.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 34 31,467 212.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 24 0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 222 1.5
Holy Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox 1 10 0.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 350 2.4
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 27 0.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 195 1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 3,872 26.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 127 0.9
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 106 0.7
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 13 0.1
Netherlands Reformed Congregations Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.3
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 1 69 0.5
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 5 1,110 7.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 2,355 15.9
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 6 2,713 18.3
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 1 166 1.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 404 2.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 282 1.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 575 3.9
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 61 0.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 5 1,634 11.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 12 6,048 40.8
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 46 0.3
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 163 1.1
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 1,084 7.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 794 5.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 161 98,995  
Total (Adjusted)**:   110,185  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 123,809; in 2000 it was 148,281. The total population changed 19.8%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (98,995) include 66.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (110,185) include 74.3% of the population.

Source

*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

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.

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