Bismarck, ND 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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
20 |
28,518 |
340.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
17,279 |
206.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
3,575 |
42.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,257 |
26.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
2,235 |
26.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,785 |
21.3 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,296 |
15.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,292 |
15.4 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
643 |
7.7 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
607 |
7.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
585 |
7.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
567 |
6.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
487 |
5.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
461 |
5.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
459 |
5.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
415 |
5.0 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
310 |
3.7 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
285 |
3.4 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
200 |
2.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
110 |
1.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
107 |
1.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
91 |
1.1 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
88 |
1.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
1.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
68 |
0.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
59 |
0.7 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
57 |
0.7 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
51 |
0.6 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
26 |
0.3 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
26 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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64,041 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 83,831. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (64,041) include 76.4% 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.
