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State Membership Report
Iowa
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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
564 |
520,322 |
187.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
887 |
272,098 |
98.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
519 |
265,423 |
95.6 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
293 |
124,021 |
44.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
311 |
85,186 |
30.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
209 |
59,450 |
21.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
167 |
50,771 |
18.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
74 |
33,337 |
12.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
124 |
32,175 |
11.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
123 |
24,137 |
8.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
131 |
21,650 |
7.8 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
62 |
21,129 |
7.6 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
67 |
14,198 |
5.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
14,188 |
5.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
60 |
13,960 |
5.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
72 |
12,934 |
4.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
37 |
10,383 |
3.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
51 |
8,056 |
2.9 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
7,525 |
2.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
20 |
6,701 |
2.4 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
51 |
6,235 |
2.3 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
6,005 |
2.2 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
5,615 |
2.0 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
5,520 |
2.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
55 |
5,426 |
2.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
5,304 |
1.9 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
73 |
4,006 |
1.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
3,871 |
1.4 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
3,599 |
1.3 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
3,450 |
1.2 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
3,262 |
1.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
37 |
2,968 |
1.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
2,794 |
1.0 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,782 |
1.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
2,473 |
0.9 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
11 |
2,157 |
0.8 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,810 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,795 |
0.7 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,596 |
0.6 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,525 |
0.6 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,443 |
0.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
1,335 |
0.5 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
1,073 |
0.4 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
768 |
0.3 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
658 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
670 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
547 |
0.2 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
559 |
0.2 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
530 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
483 |
0.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
478 |
0.2 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
376 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
328 |
0.1 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
269 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
243 |
0.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
223 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
209 |
0.1 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
196 |
0.1 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
113 |
0.0 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
124 |
0.0 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
102 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
102 |
0.0 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
82 |
0.0 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
73 |
0.0 |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
68 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
24 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
47 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
24 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 4,560 |
1,681,062 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,776,755. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,681,062) include 60.5% of the total population in 1990.
Source
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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†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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