Mobile, AL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

172,956	53,610	939	46,503	5,259	260,991
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	151	126,354	233.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	49	46,503	86.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	70	34,627	64.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	36	11,671	21.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	50	9,932	18.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	23	9,292	17.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	21	6,433	11.9
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	30	4,481	8.3
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	9	3,342	6.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	14	3,067	5.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	4	2,118	3.9
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,045	3.8
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	1,827	3.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,620	3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	5	1,495	2.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,281	2.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,132	2.1
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	2	1,100	2.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	1	1,080	2.0
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,057	2.0
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,044	1.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	9	998	1.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	947	1.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	939	1.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	7	895	1.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	4	605	1.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	425	0.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	400	0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	347	0.6
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	329	0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	6	318	0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	273	0.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	6	272	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	196	0.4
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	146	0.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	143	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	2	106	0.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	108	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	77	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	78	0.1
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	60	0.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	44	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	2	36	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	583	279,267
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		384,183

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 476,923; in 2000 it was 540,258. The total population changed 13.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (279,267) include 51.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (384,183) include 71.1% 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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