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Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

41,376 16,266 180 11,373 1,004 112,592
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 5 9,242 67.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 72 0.5
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 4 1,422 10.4
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 595 4.3
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 6 2,063 15.0
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 2 146 1.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 80 0.6
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 223 1.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 2,478 18.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 230 1.7
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 19 4,870 35.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 1,504 11.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 453 3.3
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 240 1.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 1,409 10.3
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 12 2,595 18.9
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 11 1,767 12.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 835 6.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 188 1.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 581 4.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 1,349 9.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 10 4,313 31.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 2,392 17.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 2,405 17.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 24 11,831 86.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 461 3.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 114 0.8
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.