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Kokomo, IN MSA

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 % Change
Catholic Church Catholic 0 +2,562 29.9%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,250 312.5%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,242 36.4%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -1 +563 54.3%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +392 156.2%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +130 n.a.
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +118 6.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 +113 14.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 +92 56.4%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +72 11.8%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant +1 +55 30.9%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 +46 1.5%
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 +41 47.7%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 +13 2.3%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +7 6.8%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +3 2.9%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 0 +2 4.8%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -9 -27.3%
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -11 -20.8%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant -2 -15 -1.1%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 0 -21 -4.9%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 0 -26 -34.2%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant -1 -27 -15.3%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -28 -7.4%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +1 -30 -2.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -32 -9.6%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant -1 -69 -42.1%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 -69 -14.0%
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -150 -50.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -1 -153 -10.2%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant -1 -290 -17.3%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -1 -306 -48.6%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -420 -22.9%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant -7 -1,141 -58.1%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -2 -1,313 -21.2%
  Totals: -10 +2,591 +6.4%

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 96,946; in 2000 it was 101,541. The total population changed 4.7%. The adherent totals for 1990 (42,750) represent 44.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (47,903) include 47.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 35 groups had 40,408 adherents in 1990 and 42,999 adherents in 2000, for a change of 6.4%

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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