Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

108,770	29,653		18,909	4,227	149,562
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	79	63,597	204.4
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	48	18,185	58.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	44	6,880	22.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	35	5,432	17.5
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	33	6,984	22.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	21	2,661	8.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	16	3,590	11.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,088	6.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	14	3,342	10.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,538	4.9
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,761	5.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,033	6.5
Catholic Church	Catholic	9	18,909	60.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	8	3,114	10.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	7	741	2.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	7	370	1.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,744	5.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	5	2,689	8.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	5	2,454	7.9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	239	0.8
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	4	2,545	8.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	389	1.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	285	0.9
Buddhism	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	158	0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	266	0.9
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	90	0.3
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	2	45	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	156	0.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	203	0.7
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	1	212	0.7
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	37	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	33	0.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	164	0.5
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	9	0.0
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	128	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	196	0.6
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	19	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	6,500	20.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1	150	0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	1	129	0.4
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	68	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	22	0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	1	20	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	1	609	2.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	500	1.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	1	162	0.5
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	19	0.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.1
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	442	161,559
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		179,929

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 210,908; in 2000 it was 311,121. The total population changed 47.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (161,559) include 51.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (179,929) include 57.8% 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 [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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