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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 |
% Change |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+73 |
+28,700 |
39.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+44 |
+11,973 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+33 |
+10,441 |
105.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+18 |
-1,860 |
-31.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+8,500 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+3,581 |
603.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+400 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,080 |
97.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+11,846 |
26.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+3,178 |
13.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+3,003 |
297.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+397 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+3,468 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+674 |
2.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+388 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+13,327 |
1136.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,017 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-1,044 |
-49.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+242 |
30.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-3,468 |
-32.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+4,494 |
8.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,752 |
62.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+417 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-4,911 |
-23.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+353 |
60.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,052 |
29.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+869 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-62 |
-25.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+307 |
111.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-220 |
-35.0% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+206 |
78.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+70 |
22.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+201 |
31.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+230 |
21.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+777 |
264.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+823 |
1614.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+786 |
48.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+368 |
151.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-76 |
-5.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+162 |
n.a. |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+267 |
104.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+195 |
542.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+184 |
67.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-143 |
-50.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-836 |
-18.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,710 |
103.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-80 |
-36.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+384 |
6.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-353 |
-5.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-583 |
-30.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-2,770 |
-58.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+1,730 |
10.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-3,634 |
-8.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-7,233 |
-35.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-29 |
-8,354 |
-12.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-40 |
-11,835 |
-17.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-40 |
-55,895 |
-21.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-42 |
+68,767 |
20.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-70 |
-26,750 |
-34.0% |
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Totals:
122
| 60,212 |
+4.9% |
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The population of these 105 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 2,363,679; in 2000 it was 2,688,418. The total population changed 8.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,235,667) represent 52.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,327,235) include 49.4% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 60 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 60 groups had 1,233,722 adherents in 1980 and 1,293,934 adherents in 2000, for a change of 4.9%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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