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Denominational Groups, 2000

103,055 66,515 877 78,426 3,117 250,151
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 36 67,077 147.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 3 2,329 5.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 10 1,782 3.9
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 173 0.4
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 82 0.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 10,273 22.5
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 3 238 0.5
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 52 0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 5 526 1.2
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 19 5,917 13.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 2 656 1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 15 2,318 5.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 446 1.0
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.0
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 84 0.2
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 18 3,145 6.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 27 5,828 12.8
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 17 2,336 5.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 12 1,389 3.0
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 12 2,540 5.6
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 6 1,074 2.4
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 207 0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 206 0.5
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 6,100 13.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 350 0.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 59 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 29 0.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 45 33,342 73.1
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 11 3,119 6.8
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 21 5,901 12.9
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 5 283 0.6
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 34 5,100 11.2
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 47 0.1
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 393 0.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 505 1.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 7 2,355 5.2
United Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 32 0.1
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 15 2,461 5.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 390 0.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 18 4,680 10.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 10 3,322 7.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 1,798 3.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 32 16,831 36.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 3 65 0.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 16 7,246 15.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 16 8,034 17.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 112 33,179 72.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,461 3.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 1,100 2.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 271 0.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 582 247,193  
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.