Fort Walton Beach, FL MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
43 |
30,460 |
211.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
2,846 |
19.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,598 |
11.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
9,198 |
64.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
6 |
8,740 |
60.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
877 |
6.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
2,478 |
17.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,288 |
9.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
829 |
5.8 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
414 |
2.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
354 |
2.5 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
139 |
1.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
188 |
1.3 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
34 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
87 |
0.6 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,022 |
7.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
159 |
1.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
23 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
171 |
1.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.2 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
443 |
3.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.5 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
74 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
80 |
0.6 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
28 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
195 |
1.4 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
330 |
2.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
600 |
4.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.3 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
20 |
0.1 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.3 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
4,213 |
29.3 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 150 |
67,088 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 143,776. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (67,088) include 46.7% 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.
