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Macon, GA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

98,845 33,142 198 9,183 4,607 176,574
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 89 77,808 267.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 54 28,029 96.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 18 1,646 5.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 15 3,093 10.6
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 13 547 1.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 11 1,867 6.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 11 1,691 5.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 8 2,588 8.9
Catholic Church Catholic 6 8,814 30.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 5 2,366 8.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 5 2,322 8.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,616 5.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 1,335 4.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 609 2.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 861 3.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 3 405 1.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 3 248 0.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,570 5.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 141 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 974 3.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 88 0.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 900 3.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 619 2.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 275 1.0
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 160 0.6
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 299 1.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 112 0.4
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 238 0.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 197 0.7
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 387 1.3
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 42 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 26 0.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 26 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 3 0.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 161 0.6
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 33,879 116.5
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 292 175,942  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 290,909. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (175,942) include 60.5% 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.