Springfield, MO 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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
117 |
60,896 |
230.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
48 |
13,709 |
51.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
45 |
15,695 |
59.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
5,035 |
19.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
2,015 |
7.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
5,361 |
20.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
4,763 |
18.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,599 |
6.1 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
8,633 |
32.7 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
9 |
12,481 |
47.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,968 |
7.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
3,176 |
12.0 |
| Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
235 |
0.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,774 |
6.7 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
600 |
2.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,905 |
7.2 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
713 |
2.7 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
323 |
1.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
326 |
1.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
655 |
2.5 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
146 |
0.6 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
88 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
286 |
1.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
188 |
0.7 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
173 |
0.7 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
37 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
187 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,030 |
3.9 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,225 |
4.6 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
195 |
0.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
983 |
3.7 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
71 |
0.3 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
69 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
237 |
0.9 |
| Christ Catholic Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
62 |
0.2 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.3 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
118 |
0.5 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.1 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
16 |
0.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
284 |
1.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.2 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
109 |
0.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
1,209 |
4.6 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 409 |
148,853 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 264,346. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (148,853) include 56.3% 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.
