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Terre Haute, IN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

19,530 18,075 490 11,358 1,730 98,009
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 12 11,358 76.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 50 8,474 56.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 12 5,051 33.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 14 4,449 29.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 13 2,199 14.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 9 1,955 13.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 1,576 10.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 11 1,525 10.2
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 6 1,458 9.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 1,424 9.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 5 1,410 9.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 15 1,299 8.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,140 7.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,010 6.8
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 11 1,002 6.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 773 5.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 582 3.9
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 3 580 3.9
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 490 3.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 430 2.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 420 2.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 411 2.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 379 2.5
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 288 1.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 264 1.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 3 239 1.6
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 224 1.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 200 1.3
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 170 1.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 1 121 0.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 64 0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 56 0.4
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 46 0.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 43 0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 40 0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 33 0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 211 51,183  
Total (Adjusted)**:   58,122  
The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 147,585; in 2000 it was 149,192. The total population changed 1.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (51,183) include 34.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (58,122) include 39.0% 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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