Abilene, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

61,056	14,488	34	8,352	975	41,650
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	40	42,878	338.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	41	12,004	94.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	19	10,101	79.8
Catholic Church	Catholic	5	8,352	66.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	2	1,533	12.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	1,400	11.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	2	1,111	8.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	2	1,076	8.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,020	8.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	2	827	6.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	657	5.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	602	4.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	3	500	4.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	400	3.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	4	392	3.1
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	335	2.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	1	302	2.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	2	299	2.4
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	227	1.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	120	1.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	119	0.9
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	99	0.8
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	90	0.7
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1	75	0.6
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	65	0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	63	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	53	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	53	0.4
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	34	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	34	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	1	29	0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	20	0.2
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	159	84,905
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		98,679

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 119,655; in 2000 it was 126,555. The total population changed 5.8%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (84,905) include 67.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (98,679) include 78.0% 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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