Janesville-Beloit, WI 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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
12 |
32,193 |
230.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
18 |
18,518 |
132.7 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
18 |
7,893 |
56.6 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
7,640 |
54.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,295 |
16.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,240 |
16.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
2,235 |
16.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,774 |
12.7 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,630 |
11.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,527 |
11.0 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,526 |
10.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,003 |
7.2 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
609 |
4.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
583 |
4.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
430 |
3.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
396 |
2.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
390 |
2.8 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
354 |
2.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
339 |
2.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
292 |
2.1 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
286 |
2.1 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
235 |
1.7 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
178 |
1.3 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
150 |
1.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
120 |
0.9 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
115 |
0.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
109 |
0.8 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
94 |
0.7 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
92 |
0.7 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.6 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
87 |
0.6 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
69 |
0.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.5 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
62 |
0.4 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
61 |
0.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
34 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
22 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 138 |
85,803 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 139,510. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (85,803) include 61.5% 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.
