Pensacola, FL 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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
100 |
71,102 |
206.5 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
21 |
22,589 |
65.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
42 |
19,408 |
56.4 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
17,972 |
52.2 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
39 |
10,996 |
31.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
5,241 |
15.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
4,442 |
12.9 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
4,232 |
12.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
3,243 |
9.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
3,001 |
8.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
2,039 |
5.9 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,850 |
5.4 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,561 |
4.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
860 |
2.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
853 |
2.5 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
796 |
2.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
775 |
2.3 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
761 |
2.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
724 |
2.1 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
509 |
1.5 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
358 |
1.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
311 |
0.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
279 |
0.8 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
247 |
0.7 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
235 |
0.7 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
228 |
0.7 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
203 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
123 |
0.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
118 |
0.3 |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
111 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
86 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
61 |
0.2 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
57 |
0.2 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
49 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
47 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
46 |
0.1 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 340 |
175,513 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 344,406. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (175,513) include 51.0% 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.
