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Columbia, MO MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

26,308 16,810   9,463 2,872 80,001
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 22 10,615 105.8
Catholic Church Catholic 4 10,266 102.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 14 5,526 55.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 11 4,749 47.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 1,748 17.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 4 1,242 12.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,127 11.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 4 994 9.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 922 9.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 689 6.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 8 687 6.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 669 6.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 638 6.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 583 5.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 426 4.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 280 2.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 154 1.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 150 1.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 148 1.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 98 1.0
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 85 0.9
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 59 0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.3
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 13 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 92 41,902  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 100,376. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (41,902) include 41.7% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.