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Metro Area Membership Report
St. Louis, MO-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 |
% Change |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+38 |
-4,920 |
-2.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+2,541 |
28.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+273 |
21.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+4,897 |
37.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+1,177 |
8.5% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,571 |
108.9% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+564 |
55.8% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+4,878 |
274.4% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+806 |
74.3% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-2,446 |
-12.7% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1 |
0.6% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+479 |
5.3% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,855 |
-12.5% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+700 |
23.2% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+218 |
69.9% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-94.4% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-264 |
-44.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+96 |
31.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-85 |
-33.9% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-61 |
-28.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+47 |
2.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+865 |
26.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-120 |
-27.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-122 |
-63.9% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,035 |
-36.2% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+83 |
97.6% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,920 |
72.5% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-5 |
-10.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-778 |
-6.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,469 |
-7.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4,890 |
-5.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-30 |
-14.9% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-101 |
-62.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+81 |
1.9% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-20 |
-1.3% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-17 |
-3.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-43 |
-0.5% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-1,244 |
-23.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-132 |
-43.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-4 |
+1,060 |
2.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-8,444 |
-12.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-8,410 |
-58.8% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-3,337 |
-38.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-15,343 |
-19.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-8,029 |
-21.4% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-24 |
-4,742 |
-0.7% |
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Totals:
-5
| -44,719 |
-3.3% |
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The population of these 12 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,492,525; in 2000 it was 2,603,607. The total population changed 4.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,471,880) represent 59.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,332,704) include 51.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 46 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 46 groups had 1,348,840 adherents in 1990 and 1,304,121 adherents in 2000, for a change of -3.3%
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 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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