Bellingham, WA 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† |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,506 |
27.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
3,893 |
30.5 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
8 |
10,250 |
80.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,909 |
14.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,063 |
8.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
2,908 |
22.8 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
984 |
7.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
374 |
2.9 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
405 |
3.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
989 |
7.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
595 |
4.7 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
371 |
2.9 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
371 |
2.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
655 |
5.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
139 |
1.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
494 |
3.9 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
383 |
3.0 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
1,551 |
12.1 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
126 |
1.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,239 |
9.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
762 |
6.0 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
100 |
0.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
249 |
2.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
220 |
1.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
34 |
0.3 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
360 |
2.8 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
103 |
0.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
442 |
3.5 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
164 |
1.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
172 |
1.4 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
76 |
0.6 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
300 |
2.4 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
165 |
1.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
800 |
6.3 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
174 |
1.4 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 120 |
36,414 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 127,780. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (36,414) include 28.5% 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.
