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South Bend, IN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

24,644 22,376 1,156 63,209 4,765 149,409
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
Catholic Church Catholic 30 62,660 259.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 30 12,897 53.4
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 12 2,036 8.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 3,302 13.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 8 3,676 15.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 5,397 22.3
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 7 1,482 6.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 3,224 13.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 764 3.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 2,443 10.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 5 728 3.0
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 5 1,887 7.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 1,618 6.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 1,397 5.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 4 936 3.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 1,238 5.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 1,383 5.7
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 3 350 1.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 763 3.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 770 3.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 2 972 4.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 146 0.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 2 321 1.3
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 161 0.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 212 0.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 120 0.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 519 2.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 1,015 4.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 718 3.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 194 0.8
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 137 0.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 193 0.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 174 113,659  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 241,617. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (113,659) include 47.0% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.