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Minnesota

Denominational Groups, 2000

549,482 1,134,176 9,837 1,260,660 81,093 1,884,231
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Catholic Church Catholic 730 1,260,660 256.3
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 3 795 0.2
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) Evangelical Protestant 1 5 0.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 212 56,028 11.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 84 12,542 2.6
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 150 46,577 9.5
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 88 18,946 3.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 56 7,523 1.5
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 31 9,675 2.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 6 434 0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 16 1,754 0.4
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 6 312 0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.0
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 4 174 0.0
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 4 299 0.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 43 4,442 0.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 42 2,975 0.6
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 595 0.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 38 5,090 1.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 16 5,296 1.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 101 22,515 4.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 136 28,873 5.9
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 272 0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 10 440 0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 26 3,127 0.6
Hutterian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 9 900 0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 10 12,980 2.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 10 8,225 1.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 12 860 0.2
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 478 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 95 0.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 453 203,863 41.4
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 4 613 0.1
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 16 1,402 0.3
Mennonite; Other Groups Evangelical Protestant 6 398 0.1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 67 9,446 1.9
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 11 1,393 0.3
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 13 844 0.2
Old Order Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.0
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 7 307 0.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 5 533 0.1
Protestant Reformed Churches in America Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.0
Reformed Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 2 382 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 23 8,141 1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 69 6,894 1.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 45 5,458 1.1
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
United Reformed Churches in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 127 0.0
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 7 1,616 0.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 15 1,682 0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 153 53,867 11.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 35 11,643 2.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 11 2,537 0.5
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 1 256 0.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 121 30,547 6.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1,183 853,448 173.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 10 558 0.1
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 2 275 0.1
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 7 1,350 0.3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 9 6,575 1.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 190 56,579 11.5
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 24 7,836 1.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 146 44,175 9.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 414 117,990 24.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 2 407 0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 512 0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 560 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 4 4,029 0.8
Holy Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox 1 36 0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America Orthodox 1 175 0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 4 1,662 0.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 3 n.a. n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA Orthodox 4 1,672 0.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 3 1,191 0.2
Bahá'í Other Theology 19 1,710 0.4
Buddhism Other Theology 17 n.a. n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 68 20,122 4.1
Hindu Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Jain Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 25 42,000 8.5
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 11 12,305 2.5
Sikh Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 23 4,956 1.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 5,114 3,035,248  
Total (Adjusted)**:   3,431,747  
The population of these 87 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,375,099; in 2000 it was 4,919,479. The total population changed 12.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,035,248) include 61.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,431,747) include 69.8% 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/grc [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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