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