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State Membership Report
Kentucky
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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
2,266 |
962,945 |
261.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
1,060 |
227,143 |
61.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
624 |
58,775 |
16.0 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
355 |
90,520 |
24.6 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
347 |
365,270 |
99.1 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
254 |
66,798 |
18.1 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
250 |
45,164 |
12.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
214 |
24,134 |
6.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
209 |
44,016 |
11.9 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
181 |
12,136 |
3.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
149 |
22,118 |
6.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
146 |
27,989 |
7.6 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
129 |
16,470 |
4.5 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
120 |
11,747 |
3.2 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
119 |
12,378 |
3.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
93 |
5,027 |
1.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
76 |
19,655 |
5.3 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
51 |
6,396 |
1.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
49 |
13,586 |
3.7 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
46 |
2,946 |
0.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
44 |
18,551 |
5.0 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
44 |
3,328 |
0.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
39 |
10,383 |
2.8 |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
3,590 |
1.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
11,984 |
3.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
5,637 |
1.5 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
1,606 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
1,804 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
1,915 |
0.5 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
1,617 |
0.4 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
9,391 |
2.6 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
717 |
0.2 |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
3,770 |
1.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,650 |
0.5 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
846 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
12 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Barren River Missionary Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,408 |
0.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
10 |
14,810 |
4.0 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
641 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
8 |
971 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
360 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
554 |
0.2 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
271 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
342 |
0.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,300 |
0.6 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
427 |
0.1 |
| Central Baptist Association Ministries |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
475 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
167 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
918 |
0.3 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
110 |
0.0 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
37 |
0.0 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
122 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
367 |
0.1 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
73 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
257 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
168 |
0.1 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
61 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
54 |
0.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
124 |
0.0 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
57 |
0.0 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
133 |
0.0 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
107 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
41 |
0.0 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
59 |
0.0 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
276 |
0.1 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
73 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
89,939 |
24.4 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 7,255 |
2,227,747 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,685,296. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,227,747) include 60.4% 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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