Decatur, IL 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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
10,452 |
89.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
4,522 |
38.6 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,638 |
14.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
5,250 |
44.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
6,566 |
56.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
8 |
13,618 |
116.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
3,293 |
28.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
587 |
5.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,965 |
16.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,637 |
14.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
789 |
6.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,520 |
13.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
1,620 |
13.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
160 |
1.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
2,141 |
18.3 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
581 |
5.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
693 |
5.9 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
49 |
0.4 |
| Christ Catholic Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
607 |
5.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
185 |
1.6 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
145 |
1.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
210 |
1.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
109 |
0.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
203 |
1.7 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
328 |
2.8 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
321 |
2.7 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
70 |
0.6 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
15 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
714 |
6.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
4,342 |
37.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 134 |
64,342 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 117,206. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (64,342) include 54.9% 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.
