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State Membership Report
Kansas
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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
757 |
238,029 |
96.1 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
397 |
369,241 |
149.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
249 |
74,440 |
30.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
218 |
96,524 |
39.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
207 |
63,658 |
25.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
188 |
19,305 |
7.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
187 |
47,310 |
19.1 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
172 |
58,314 |
23.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
171 |
63,145 |
25.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
159 |
25,922 |
10.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
139 |
45,138 |
18.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
134 |
29,741 |
12.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
83 |
17,622 |
7.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
82 |
19,366 |
7.8 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
73 |
16,499 |
6.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
64 |
8,486 |
3.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
54 |
16,941 |
6.8 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
52 |
8,518 |
3.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
52 |
6,806 |
2.8 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
48 |
6,111 |
2.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
18,268 |
7.4 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
4,369 |
1.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
2,262 |
0.9 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
2,185 |
0.9 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
24 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
2,128 |
0.9 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
4,269 |
1.7 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
2,909 |
1.2 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
4,534 |
1.8 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
1,775 |
0.7 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
672 |
0.3 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
373 |
0.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,808 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,758 |
1.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,249 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
8,735 |
3.5 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,686 |
0.7 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
987 |
0.4 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
645 |
0.3 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
409 |
0.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
7 |
9,151 |
3.7 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,841 |
1.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
849 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
6 |
860 |
0.4 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
455 |
0.2 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
400 |
0.2 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
750 |
0.3 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
367 |
0.2 |
| Berean Fundamental Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
350 |
0.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
565 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
573 |
0.2 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
226 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
155 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
509 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
60 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
284 |
0.1 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
431 |
0.2 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
172 |
0.1 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
182 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
355 |
0.1 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
111 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
391 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
612 |
0.3 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
127 |
0.1 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
86 |
0.0 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.0 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
28 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
40,566 |
16.4 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 3,958 |
1,354,657 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,477,574. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,354,657) include 54.7% 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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