Spokane, WA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

43,397	32,207	776	57,187	17,351	267,021
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^†
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	29	11,976	33.1
Catholic Church	Catholic	25	41,095	113.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	22	10,781	29.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	18	6,102	16.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	17	8,277	22.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	16	5,758	15.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	15	4,089	11.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,352	9.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	10	1,941	5.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	9	1,629	4.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	9	3,995	11.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	9	4,673	12.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	9	2,585	7.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	7	1,327	3.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	763	2.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,003	2.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	5	n.a.	n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	5	835	2.3
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	557	1.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	3,400	9.4
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	120	0.3
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	491	1.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,475	4.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	889	2.5
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	3	124	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	3	322	0.9
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	2	153	0.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	904	2.5
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	2	552	1.5
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	101	0.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	217	0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	234	0.7
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	265	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	1	94	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	495	1.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	80	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	34	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	100	0.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1	800	2.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	75	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	80	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	1	68	0.2
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	0	5	0.0
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	1,378	3.8
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	289	123,194

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 361,364. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (123,194) include 34.1% 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.