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Metro Area Membership Report
Bakersfield, CA MSA
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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
58 |
25,425 |
46.8 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
43 |
10,734 |
19.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
36 |
4,338 |
8.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
29 |
75,000 |
138.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
28 |
11,630 |
21.4 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
2,540 |
4.7 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
5,638 |
10.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
3,329 |
6.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
4,547 |
8.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
6,125 |
11.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
4,294 |
7.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,176 |
2.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
2,133 |
3.9 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
445 |
0.8 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,383 |
4.4 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
4,175 |
7.7 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
729 |
1.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
352 |
0.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,345 |
2.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,196 |
2.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,170 |
4.0 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,773 |
3.3 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,811 |
5.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
225 |
0.4 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,400 |
2.6 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
586 |
1.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
412 |
0.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
237 |
0.4 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
117 |
0.2 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
112 |
0.2 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
461 |
0.9 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
85 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
269 |
0.5 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
174 |
0.3 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.1 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
78 |
0.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
203 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
190 |
0.4 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
3,000 |
5.5 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
69 |
0.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
8,667 |
16.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 433 |
190,667 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 543,477. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (190,667) include 35.1% 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.
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