Des Moines, IA 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 |
34 |
49,446 |
134.5 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
65 |
30,762 |
83.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
19,749 |
53.7 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
13,369 |
36.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
22 |
11,750 |
32.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
6,686 |
18.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
4,301 |
11.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
3,796 |
10.3 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
3,330 |
9.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
3,129 |
8.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,476 |
6.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
2,218 |
6.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,672 |
4.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,647 |
4.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,628 |
4.4 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
1,266 |
3.4 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,083 |
3.0 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,048 |
2.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
981 |
2.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
941 |
2.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
921 |
2.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
900 |
2.5 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
823 |
2.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
615 |
1.7 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
560 |
1.5 |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
446 |
1.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
363 |
1.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
333 |
0.9 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
320 |
0.9 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
269 |
0.7 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
263 |
0.7 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
234 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
228 |
0.6 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
208 |
0.6 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
172 |
0.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
151 |
0.4 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
121 |
0.3 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
114 |
0.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.2 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
80 |
0.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 341 |
168,487 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 367,561. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (168,487) include 45.8% 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.
