State Membership Report
Arkansas
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† |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
570 |
115,916 |
43.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
162 |
0.1 |
| Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
284 |
0.1 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
1 |
78 |
0.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
440 |
67,187 |
25.1 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
296 |
0.1 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
6 |
1,137 |
0.4 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
359 |
87,244 |
32.6 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
81 |
0.0 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
11 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
130 |
115,967 |
43.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
270 |
0.1 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
52 |
11,475 |
4.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
63 |
9,367 |
3.5 |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
73 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
1,439 |
0.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
85 |
9,339 |
3.5 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
206 |
0.1 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
346 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
1,201 |
0.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
52 |
14,916 |
5.6 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
55 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
117 |
17,110 |
6.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
754 |
86,342 |
32.3 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
422 |
0.2 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
1,192 |
0.5 |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
45 |
0.0 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
64 |
3,998 |
1.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
56 |
13,956 |
5.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
650 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
5,902 |
2.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
57 |
0.0 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
465 |
0.2 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
483 |
0.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
15,374 |
5.8 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
4,750 |
1.8 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,280 |
0.5 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
178 |
0.1 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
51 |
0.0 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
777 |
0.3 |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
44 |
0.0 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
10 |
1,600 |
0.6 |
| Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
123 |
0.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
61 |
14,088 |
5.3 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
87 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
100 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
106 |
0.0 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
6 |
2,044 |
0.8 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
209 |
26,268 |
9.8 |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
47 |
0.0 |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
7 |
0.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
45 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
22 |
0.0 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
124 |
10,285 |
3.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
127 |
25,345 |
9.5 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
805 |
0.3 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
46 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,153 |
0.8 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
61 |
6,669 |
2.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1,372 |
665,307 |
248.9 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Tao |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
6 |
566 |
0.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
147 |
0.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
747 |
179,383 |
67.1 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
118 |
0.0 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
644 |
0.2 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
256 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
575 |
0.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 5,802 |
1,526,959 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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1,897,966 |
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The population of these 75 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,350,725; in 2000 it was 2,673,400. The total population changed 13.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,526,959) include 57.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,897,966) include 71.0% 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 [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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