Missoula, MT 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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
10 |
8,057 |
102.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
3,324 |
42.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
9 |
2,963 |
37.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,431 |
18.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,175 |
14.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,087 |
13.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
835 |
10.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
741 |
9.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
740 |
9.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
521 |
6.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
398 |
5.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
339 |
4.3 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
338 |
4.3 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
331 |
4.2 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
282 |
3.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
257 |
3.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
212 |
2.7 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
180 |
2.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
152 |
1.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
123 |
1.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
94 |
1.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
89 |
1.1 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
58 |
0.7 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
45 |
0.6 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
39 |
0.5 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
33 |
0.4 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
23 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
23 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
19 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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23,994 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 78,687. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (23,994) include 30.5% 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.
