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Louisville, KY-IN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

225,374 95,830 1,660 204,080 15,817 482,837
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 240 155,741 151.9
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 131 39,439 38.5
Catholic Church Catholic 97 204,080 199.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 75 9,887 9.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 55 20,793 20.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 50 13,804 13.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 33 10,969 10.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 33 15,038 14.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 28 5,060 4.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 22 3,197 3.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 22 7,234 7.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 21 8,041 7.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 21 6,841 6.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 18 4,481 4.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 14 1,334 1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 13 4,882 4.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 12 3,647 3.6
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 12 686 0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 11 2,553 2.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 10 651 0.6
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA Evangelical Protestant 8 606 0.6
Separate Baptists in Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 803 0.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 5 2,792 2.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 5 8,700 8.5
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 5 2,652 2.6
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 5 n.a. n.a.
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 388 0.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 5 1,283 1.3
Old Missionary Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 4 608 0.6
Hindu Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 3 279 0.3
Buddhism Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 573 0.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 3 466 0.5
Conservative Mennonite Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 125 0.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 512 0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 46 0.0
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 116 0.1
Bahá'í Other Theology 2 245 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 236 0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 72 0.1
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 62 0.1
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 252 0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 1,408 1.4
Reformed Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 72 0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 165 0.2
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.0
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 422 0.4
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 1 247 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 117 0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 140 0.1
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 130 0.1
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 740 0.7
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 1,012 542,761  
Total (Adjusted)**:   664,582  
The population of these 7 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 948,829; in 2000 it was 1,025,598. The total population changed 8.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (542,761) include 52.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (664,582) include 64.8% of the population.

Source

*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

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.

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