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Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

35,726 14,606 279 15,600 12,978 243,770
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 15 12,439 44.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 19 7,537 26.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 28 5,024 17.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 10 4,946 17.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 21 4,842 17.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 11 4,356 15.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 10 4,333 15.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 12 4,067 14.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 2,643 9.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 9 2,384 8.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 2,300 8.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 2,053 7.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 7 1,832 6.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 13 1,771 6.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 8 1,600 5.7
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 15 1,280 4.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 4 1,009 3.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 816 2.9
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 557 2.0
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 5 456 1.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 445 1.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 4 414 1.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 341 1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 279 1.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 235 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 178 0.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 151 0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 128 0.5
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 128 0.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 120 0.4
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 112 0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 106 0.4
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 94 0.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 93 0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 89 0.3
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 82 0.3
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.2
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.2
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 48 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 42 0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.1
Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The Evangelical Protestant 1 6 0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 10 n.a. n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 15 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 270 69,530  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 282,912. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (69,530) include 24.6% 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.