Indianapolis, IN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

252,962	180,979	3,661	192,017	21,781	956,086
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^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	177	67,557	42.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	110	63,149	39.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	72	24,156	15.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	69	10,478	6.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	67	24,266	15.1
Catholic Church	Catholic	66	192,017	119.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	64	33,982	21.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	54	14,416	9.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	50	8,593	5.4
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	49	12,399	7.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	41	15,942	9.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	41	9,368	5.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	38	22,857	14.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	36	3,791	2.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	34	13,566	8.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	32	14,548	9.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	28	34,060	21.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	25	13,933	8.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	22	7,337	4.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	22	7,909	4.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	22	6,174	3.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	19	4,366	2.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	14	3,322	2.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,651	1.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	8	364	0.2
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,273	0.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	7	496	0.3
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	465	0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,446	0.9
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	3,849	2.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	640	0.4
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	6	10,000	6.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,440	1.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	5	1,238	0.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	5	384	0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	n.a.	n.a.
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	5	780	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,954	1.8
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	5	458	0.3
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	4	603	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,813	1.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	77	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	649	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	3	586	0.4
Buddhism	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	2,300	1.4
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	444	0.3
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	272	0.2
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	2	413	0.3
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	2	82	0.1
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	2	110	0.1
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	183	0.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	2	369	0.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	334	0.2
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	93	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	290	0.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	2	6	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	50	0.0
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	500	0.3
Sikh	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	81	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	189	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	223	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	944	0.6
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	780	0.5
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	63	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	75	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	402	0.3
Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	58	0.0
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	13	0.0
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	293	0.2
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	61	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	1	114	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	2,154	1.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	152	0.1
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,324	651,400
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		798,138

The population of these 9 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,380,491; in 2000 it was 1,607,486. The total population changed 16.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (651,400) include 40.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (798,138) include 49.7% 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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