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Metro Area Membership Report
Canton-Massillon, OH 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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
74 |
29,165 |
74.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
35 |
61,640 |
156.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
14,648 |
37.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
13,146 |
33.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
8,940 |
22.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
2,875 |
7.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
9,590 |
24.3 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,325 |
5.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,696 |
6.8 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,031 |
5.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,768 |
4.5 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,073 |
2.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
2,909 |
7.4 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
213 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
10,430 |
26.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,158 |
2.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
3,064 |
7.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
2,518 |
6.4 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,572 |
4.0 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
4 |
2,400 |
6.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
188 |
0.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
937 |
2.4 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
500 |
1.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
443 |
1.1 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
365 |
0.9 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
318 |
0.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
398 |
1.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
747 |
1.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,492 |
3.8 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,120 |
2.8 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
300 |
0.8 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
176 |
0.5 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
412 |
1.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
146 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
169 |
0.4 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
77 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
45 |
0.1 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.1 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
74 |
0.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
488 |
1.2 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
166 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
8,457 |
21.5 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 386 |
191,221 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 394,106. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (191,221) include 48.5% 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.
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