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Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

61,142 36,892   48,557 2,740 146,864
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
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 307 1.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 2,148 7.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 14 3,029 10.2
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 29 0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Catholic Church Catholic 30 48,557 163.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 7 2,202 7.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 11 5,137 17.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 135 0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 271 0.9
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 165 0.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,194 4.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 12 2,017 6.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 11 1,960 6.6
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 94 0.3
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 140 0.5
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 784 2.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 885 3.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 179 0.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 7 1,507 5.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 128 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 128 0.4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 723 2.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 292 1.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 520 1.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 10 3,727 12.6
Mennonite; Other Groups Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.1
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 2 909 3.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 3 0.0
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 1 243 0.8
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 13 2,435 8.2
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Progressive Primitive Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 318 1.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 6 552 1.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 58 39,593 133.7
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 88 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 26 11,089 37.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 56 16,498 55.7
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 52 0.2
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 1,195 4.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 320 149,331  
Total (Adjusted)**:   171,748  
The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 278,990; in 2000 it was 296,195. The total population changed 6.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (149,331) include 50.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (171,748) include 58.0% of the population.

Source

*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

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.

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