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Metro Area Membership Report
Fort Wayne, IN 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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
112 |
33,179 |
72.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
45 |
33,342 |
73.1 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
36 |
67,077 |
147.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
5,100 |
11.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
16,831 |
36.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
5,828 |
12.8 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
5,901 |
12.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
5,917 |
13.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
18 |
4,680 |
10.3 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
3,145 |
6.9 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,336 |
5.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
8,034 |
17.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
7,246 |
15.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,318 |
5.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,461 |
5.4 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,540 |
5.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,389 |
3.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
3,119 |
6.8 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,782 |
3.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
3,322 |
7.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,355 |
5.2 |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,074 |
2.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
526 |
1.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
446 |
1.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,798 |
3.9 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
283 |
0.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,461 |
3.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
65 |
0.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
505 |
1.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
393 |
0.9 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
2,329 |
5.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
238 |
0.5 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
206 |
0.5 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
390 |
0.9 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
6,100 |
13.4 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
82 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
84 |
0.2 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
656 |
1.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
1,100 |
2.4 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
173 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
20 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
52 |
0.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
271 |
0.6 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
47 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
207 |
0.5 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.1 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
350 |
0.8 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
59 |
0.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
10,273 |
22.5 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 582 |
247,193 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 456,281. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (247,193) include 54.2% 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.
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