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Metro Area Membership Report
Rockford, IL 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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
41 |
17,552 |
53.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
34 |
28,428 |
86.2 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
21 |
56,826 |
172.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
7,179 |
21.8 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
4,638 |
14.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,386 |
10.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
8,086 |
24.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
5,168 |
15.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,286 |
3.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,626 |
4.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,003 |
3.0 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
3,131 |
9.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,717 |
5.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,320 |
4.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,274 |
3.9 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
453 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
143 |
0.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,550 |
4.7 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
528 |
1.6 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,064 |
3.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
452 |
1.4 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
72 |
0.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,060 |
3.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
900 |
2.7 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
503 |
1.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
301 |
0.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
415 |
1.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
29 |
0.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
680 |
2.1 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
1,000 |
3.0 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
200 |
0.6 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
113 |
0.3 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
181 |
0.6 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
84 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
76 |
0.2 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
1,100 |
3.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
48 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
16 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.2 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
7,189 |
21.8 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 283 |
161,006 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 329,676. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (161,006) include 48.8% 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.
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