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