Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
|
|
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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
|
| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
11,831 |
86.2 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
5 |
9,242 |
67.3 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
4,870 |
35.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
4,313 |
31.4 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,595 |
18.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,478 |
18.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
2,405 |
17.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
2,392 |
17.4 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,063 |
15.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,767 |
12.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,504 |
11.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,422 |
10.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
1,409 |
10.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,349 |
9.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
835 |
6.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
595 |
4.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
581 |
4.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
461 |
3.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
453 |
3.3 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
240 |
1.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
230 |
1.7 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
223 |
1.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
188 |
1.4 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
146 |
1.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
114 |
0.8 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
80 |
0.6 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
72 |
0.5 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.4 |
|
Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 144 |
53,998 |
|
|
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 137,330. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (53,998) include 39.3% 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.
