Springfield, MO MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

117,715	31,237	111	17,314	4,304	155,040
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	117	69,866	214.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	50	20,714	63.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	47	15,896	48.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	33	5,092	15.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	20	2,135	6.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	19	5,937	18.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	12	4,582	14.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,798	5.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	10	3,372	10.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	9	17,314	53.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	9	3,800	11.7
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	568	1.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	8	3,137	9.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,812	8.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	5	1,943	6.0
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	4	476	1.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	817	2.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	4	624	1.9
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	4	143	0.4
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	265	0.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	3	631	1.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	3	243	0.8
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	343	1.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	202	0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	165	0.5
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	2	279	0.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	2	1,143	3.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	2	454	1.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	410	1.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,800	5.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	1	1,087	3.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	26	0.1
Buddhism	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	54	0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	167	0.5
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	1	38	0.1
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	317	1.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	14	0.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	32	0.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	91	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	111	0.3
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	1	609	1.9
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	153	0.5
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	90	0.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1	300	0.9
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	142	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	375	1.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	60	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	13	0.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	18	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	23	0.1
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	431	170,681
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		190,245

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 264,346; in 2000 it was 325,721. The total population changed 23.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (170,681) include 52.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (190,245) include 58.4% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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