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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 26 13,102 116.6
Catholic Church Catholic 4 11,720 104.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 13 5,805 51.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 12 4,829 43.0
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 2,718 24.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,600 14.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 1,428 12.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,360 12.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 2 1,333 11.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 1,241 11.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 943 8.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 931 8.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 919 8.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 855 7.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 830 7.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 820 7.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 662 5.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 450 4.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 350 3.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 244 2.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 227 2.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 98 0.9
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 92 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.8
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 52 0.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 52 0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.4
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 17 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 15 0.1
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 13 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 107 52,957  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 112,379. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (52,957) include 47.1% 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.