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Missoula, MT MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

7,627 7,012 165 12,074 4,128 64,796
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
Catholic Church Catholic 10 8,057 102.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 9 2,963 37.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 6 3,324 42.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 1,175 14.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 212 2.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 741 9.4
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 180 2.3
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 2 58 0.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 2 1,087 13.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 1,431 18.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 152 1.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 2 835 10.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 740 9.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 19 0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 33 0.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 94 1.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 282 3.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 521 6.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 257 3.3
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 331 4.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 23 0.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 338 4.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 398 5.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 123 1.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 39 0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 89 1.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 339 4.3
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 70 23,994  
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.