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Killeen-Temple, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

90,906 21,305   26,954 4,077 169,710
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 74 54,054 211.7
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 21,194 83.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 32 14,122 55.3
Catholic Church Catholic 11 13,521 53.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 39 6,161 24.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 2,747 10.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 6 2,041 8.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 2,028 7.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 14 1,936 7.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 1,785 7.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 1,641 6.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 9 1,026 4.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 786 3.1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 7 659 2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 606 2.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 305 1.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 96 0.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 91 0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 78 0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.2
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 36 0.1
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 2 16 0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 14 0.1
Christ Catholic Church Evangelical Protestant 1 3 0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 243 125,194  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 255,301. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (125,194) include 49.0% 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.