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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 71 33,985 251.9
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 32 8,334 61.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 31 9,510 70.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 24 2,677 19.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 20 7,466 55.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 11 2,343 17.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 1,780 13.2
Catholic Church Catholic 7 5,328 39.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 6 716 5.3
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 6 393 2.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,312 9.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 1,834 13.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 1,325 9.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 391 2.9
Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The Evangelical Protestant 3 45 0.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 238 1.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,241 9.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 120 0.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 345 2.6
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 26 0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 168 1.3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 453 3.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 189 1.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 18 0.1
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 92 0.7
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.3
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.2
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.2
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 100 0.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 700 5.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.3
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 8 0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 178 1.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.5
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 55 0.4
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 381 2.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 273 82,058  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 134,910. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (82,058) include 60.8% 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.