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Denominational Groups, 2000

23,493 12,614 60 11,125 611 53,638
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
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 275 2.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 5 1,500 15.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 1,487 15.3
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 86 0.9
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,464 15.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.3
Catholic Church Catholic 3 8,563 88.3
Christ Catholic Church Evangelical Protestant 1 7 0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 104 1.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 2,996 30.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 11 3,408 35.2
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 163 1.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 4 554 5.7
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 53 0.6
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 42 0.4
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 194 2.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 426 4.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 332 3.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 5 1,037 10.7
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 372 3.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 612 6.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 376 3.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 630 6.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 178 1.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 14 1,963 20.3
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 400 4.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 810 8.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 0 0.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 1,983 20.5
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 164 1.7
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 2 300 3.1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 76 0.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 1,836 18.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 251 2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 176 1.8
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 1,680 17.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 33 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 493 5.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 22 6,204 64.0
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 10 1,389 14.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 103 1.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 134 42,750  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 96,946. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (42,750) include 44.1% 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.