Kansas City, MO-KS 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 |
% Change |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+579 |
2517.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,682 |
253.7% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+761 |
164.7% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+743 |
126.6% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+232 |
121.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+52 |
120.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+537 |
73.7% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+34 |
72.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+118 |
72.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+266 |
59.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,701 |
39.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+8,171 |
37.8% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-8 |
+73,430 |
36.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+615 |
35.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+179 |
34.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+4,710 |
33.2% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+43 |
31.2% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+464 |
25.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+180 |
25.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+2,488 |
19.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
+4,540 |
10.2% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
9.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,400 |
7.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
+315 |
2.4% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+186 |
1.4% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+75 |
0.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+313 |
0.2% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
-0.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-99 |
-1.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-22 |
-1.7% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-2,169 |
-2.7% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-32 |
-4.1% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-8 |
-4.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-60 |
-7.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,180 |
-10.7% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-57 |
-11.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-5,253 |
-14.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,931 |
-14.7% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-139 |
-18.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-3,804 |
-21.1% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,744 |
-21.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-156 |
-23.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-57 |
-26.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-5,350 |
-42.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-177 |
-51.2% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-298 |
-55.8% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-124 |
-74.7% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+143 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+21
| +84,303 |
+11.4% |
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The population of these 11 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,582,875; in 2000 it was 1,776,062. The total population changed 12.2%. The adherent totals for 1990 (802,966) represent 50.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (856,117) include 48.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 48 groups had 736,932 adherents in 1990 and 821,235 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.4%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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