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St. Joseph, MO MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

30,838 13,465   11,278 1,216 45,693
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 25 15,792 161.6
Catholic Church Catholic 11 10,326 105.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 24 7,822 80.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 9 3,530 36.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 2,475 25.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 9 2,173 22.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 4 1,247 12.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 1,087 11.1
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 876 9.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 825 8.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 824 8.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 725 7.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 711 7.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 687 7.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 513 5.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 4 443 4.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 401 4.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 368 3.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 346 3.5
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 4 306 3.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 265 2.7
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 238 2.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 183 1.9
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 81 0.8
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.7
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.6
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 55 0.6
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.3
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 133 52,495  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 97,715. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (52,495) include 53.7% 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.