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Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

16,491 29,389   31,037 1,244 74,146
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 13 30,225 216.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 18 19,925 142.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 11 9,534 68.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 20 9,308 66.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 2,617 18.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 2,372 17.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 5 2,340 16.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 6 2,255 16.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 1,938 13.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 1,286 9.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 903 6.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 824 5.9
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 2 646 4.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 550 3.9
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 549 3.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 466 3.3
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 436 3.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 363 2.6
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 2 319 2.3
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 305 2.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 266 1.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 234 1.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 218 1.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 154 1.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 154 1.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 150 1.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 127 0.9
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 125 0.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.7
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 99 0.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 74 0.5
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 58 0.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 47 0.3
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 13 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 130 88,982  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 139,420. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (88,982) include 63.8% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.