Rapid City, SD 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 |
% Change |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+709 |
427.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+131 |
267.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,045 |
167.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+117 |
165.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+13,002 |
111.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+227 |
105.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+33 |
70.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+259 |
62.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+452 |
51.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+239 |
44.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+8 |
40.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,991 |
36.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+768 |
35.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+46 |
33.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+623 |
21.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+79 |
17.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+7 |
12.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
11.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+27 |
2.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-28 |
-2.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-18 |
-8.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-207 |
-15.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-869 |
-24.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-182 |
-42.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-368 |
-48.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-56 |
-55.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-92 |
-65.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+133 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,621 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+30 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+15
| +19,773 |
+55.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 70,361; in 2000 it was 88,565. The total population changed 8.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (36,120) represent 51.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (55,581) include 62.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 31 groups had 35,520 adherents in 1980 and 55,293 adherents in 2000, for a change of 55.7%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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