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Joplin, MO MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

62,649 13,162   6,810 2,009 72,692
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 68 28,465 223.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 35 8,553 67.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 20 7,643 59.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 19 5,297 41.5
Catholic Church Catholic 7 5,245 41.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 21 2,715 21.3
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 8 2,374 18.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 17 2,248 17.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 1,662 13.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 1,649 12.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,374 10.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 905 7.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 754 5.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 405 3.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 339 2.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 310 2.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 179 1.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 163 1.3
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 152 1.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 151 1.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 148 1.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 140 1.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 100 0.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 86 0.7
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 55 0.4
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.4
Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The Evangelical Protestant 3 53 0.4
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.3
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 38 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 17 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 238 71,313  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 127,513. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (71,313) include 55.9% 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.