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Cheyenne, WY MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

9,654 8,673   17,578 3,020 42,682
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 5 12,692 173.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 541 7.4
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 343 4.7
Berean Fundamental Church Evangelical Protestant 1 250 3.4
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 608 8.3
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 94 1.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 296 4.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 385 5.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 71 1.0
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.3
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant 1 105 1.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 285 3.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 200 2.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 124 1.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 6 0.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 775 10.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 95 1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 1,839 25.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 57 0.8
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 50 0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 261 3.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 2,760 37.7
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 138 1.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 2,693 36.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 800 10.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 502 6.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 1,850 25.3
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 4 0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 1,092 14.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 1,232 16.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 179 2.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 7 2,561 35.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 7 2,648 36.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 230 3.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 60 0.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 79 35,849  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 73,142. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (35,849) include 49.0% 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.