Wichita, KS MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

106,686	71,760	1,832	72,302	7,833	284,807
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^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	71	35,098	64.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	52	36,350	66.7
Catholic Church	Catholic	38	72,302	132.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	30	4,992	9.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	27	9,934	18.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	25	16,614	30.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	23	8,712	16.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	23	6,211	11.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	22	8,375	15.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	21	5,416	9.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	15	8,749	16.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	15	5,476	10.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	13	4,046	7.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	12	3,706	6.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	10	1,522	2.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	10	3,154	5.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	10	3,318	6.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	9	742	1.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,703	3.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	572	1.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	6	763	1.4
Buddhism	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,865	3.4
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	460	0.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	4	873	1.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	733	1.3
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,166	2.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	397	0.7
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	4	947	1.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	698	1.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	668	1.2
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	1,827	3.4
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	199	0.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	3	260	0.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	3	1,832	3.4
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	2,025	3.7
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	3	799	1.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	2	68	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	716	1.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	83	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	2	80	0.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	413	0.8
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	616	1.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,400	2.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	321	0.6
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	0	0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	1,156	2.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	1	60	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	98	0.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	487	0.9
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	191	0.4
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	253	0.5
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	62	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	57	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	131	0.2
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1	1,300	2.4
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	244	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	173	0.3
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	537	260,413
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		304,905

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 485,270; in 2000 it was 545,220. The total population changed 12.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (260,413) include 47.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (304,905) include 55.9% 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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