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Bismarck, ND MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

10,018 25,017 60 38,751 1,333 19,540
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
Catholic Church Catholic 18 38,751 409.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 6 1,739 18.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 25 0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 83 0.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 154 1.6
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 58 0.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 545 5.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 105 1.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 317 3.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 260 2.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 6 2,836 29.9
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 6 0.1
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 1,345 14.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 29 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 437 4.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 480 5.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 886 9.4
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 193 2.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 480 5.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 446 4.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 504 5.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 18 17,518 185.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 55 0.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 1,403 14.8
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 622 6.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 9 1,394 14.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 9 3,075 32.5
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 1 60 0.6
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 43 0.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,231 13.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 59 0.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 109 75,179  
Total (Adjusted)**:   82,851  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 83,831; in 2000 it was 94,719. The total population changed 13.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (75,179) include 79.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (82,851) include 87.5% 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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