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^†
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	48	11,280	72.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	22	10,376	66.4
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	19	4,283	27.4
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	18	2,700	17.3
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	15	3,584	23.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	10	3,811	24.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,611	10.3
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	6	1,762	11.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	6	2,535	16.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,929	12.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	5	11,461	73.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,147	7.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,910	12.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	4	1,322	8.5
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	4	227	1.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	4	404	2.6
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	598	3.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	380	2.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,179	7.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	3	1,955	12.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	195	1.3
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	2	536	3.4
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	2	568	3.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	52	0.3
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	180	1.2
Primitive Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	2	23	0.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	211	1.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	248	1.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	2	261	1.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	248	1.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	43	0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	323	2.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	238	1.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	72	0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	130	0.8
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	105	0.7
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	78	0.5
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	66	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	178	1.1
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	2,431	15.6
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	227	70,640

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 156,198. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (70,640) include 45.2% 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.