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Metro Area Membership Report
Colorado Springs, CO 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 |
19 |
48,052 |
121.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
19,528 |
49.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
11,360 |
28.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
8,297 |
20.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
21 |
8,188 |
20.6 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
7,839 |
19.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
7,084 |
17.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
4,561 |
11.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
4,012 |
10.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
3,995 |
10.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
3,900 |
9.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
3,450 |
8.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,150 |
7.9 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,600 |
6.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,382 |
6.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,966 |
5.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,897 |
4.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,849 |
4.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
1,500 |
3.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,220 |
3.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,112 |
2.8 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,002 |
2.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
552 |
1.4 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
522 |
1.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
511 |
1.3 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
466 |
1.2 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
423 |
1.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
386 |
1.0 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
380 |
1.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
344 |
0.9 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
297 |
0.8 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
267 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
262 |
0.7 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
218 |
0.6 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
204 |
0.5 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
195 |
0.5 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
138 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
140 |
0.4 |
| Berean Fundamental Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
55 |
0.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
53 |
0.1 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
48 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
44 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
28 |
0.1 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
17 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 259 |
154,624 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 397,014. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (154,624) include 38.9% 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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