Columbus, OH MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

134,420	195,417	4,334	197,702	30,717	977,567
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	73	197,702	128.4
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	212	78,927	51.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	79	41,606	27.0
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	60	32,799	21.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	65	25,189	16.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	55	20,159	13.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	49	16,543	10.7
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	12	15,650	10.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	26	13,392	8.7
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	8	12,721	8.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	48	11,913	7.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	15	9,644	6.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	21	7,650	5.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	21	7,590	4.9
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	6,150	4.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	6,078	4.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	41	5,216	3.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	20	4,923	3.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	14	4,811	3.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	4,780	3.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	28	4,430	2.9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	21	3,985	2.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	18	3,427	2.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	12	3,347	2.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,700	1.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	2,400	1.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	29	2,219	1.4
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,474	1.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,186	0.8
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	1,000	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	4	916	0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	883	0.6
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	8	815	0.5
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	2	803	0.5
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	6	653	0.4
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	602	0.4
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	597	0.4
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	11	580	0.4
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	519	0.3
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	508	0.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	3	493	0.3
Enterprise Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	6	466	0.3
Bahá'í	Other Theology	4	411	0.3
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	2	407	0.3
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	388	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	311	0.2
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	305	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	292	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	263	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	245	0.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	3	240	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	223	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	207	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	1	202	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	5	200	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	1	200	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	187	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	181	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	170	0.1
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	136	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	131	0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	3	111	0.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	87	0.1
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	76	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	71	0.1
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	1	37	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	36	0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	27	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	11	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	10	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	5	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,114	562,590
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		686,649

The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,345,450; in 2000 it was 1,540,157. The total population changed 14.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (562,590) include 36.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (686,649) include 44.6% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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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