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Topeka, KS MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

22,967 26,050 152 26,615 2,620 91,467
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 9 24,915 160.8
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 320 2.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 1,169 7.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 8 1,473 9.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 33 0.2
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 213 1.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 1,864 12.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 1,182 7.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 157 1.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 96 0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 240 1.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 163 1.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 6 4,062 26.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 755 4.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 714 4.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 9 3,813 24.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 86 0.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 10 4,102 26.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 6 3,580 23.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 2,697 17.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 1,845 11.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 147 1.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 13 5,578 36.0
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 5 2,960 19.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 22 13,499 87.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant n.a. 50 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 880 5.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 279 1.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 87 0.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 128 76,999  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 154,916. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (76,999) include 49.7% 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.