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Lincoln, NE MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

32,484 45,123 4,890 26,275 4,814 136,705
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 1,109 5.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 6 1,980 9.3
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 104 0.5
Berean Fundamental Church Evangelical Protestant 2 1,060 5.0
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,526 7.1
Catholic Church Catholic 15 29,297 137.1
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 6 2,900 13.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 1,276 6.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 143 0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,727 8.1
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 161 0.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 694 3.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 566 2.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 1,759 8.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 680 3.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 15 12,188 57.1
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 42 0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 3,500 16.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 181 0.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 825 3.9
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 288 1.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 15 11,325 53.0
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 112 0.5
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 99 0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 37 0.2
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 6,890 32.3
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 183 0.9
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 939 4.4
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 1 107 0.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 236 1.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 7 3,613 16.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 1,161 5.4
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 575 2.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 10 5,032 23.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 27 17,799 83.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 120 0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 521 2.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 174 110,985  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 213,641. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (110,985) include 51.9% 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.