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State Membership Report
Missouri
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 |
578 |
802,083 |
156.8 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1,848 |
789,183 |
154.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
1,004 |
255,111 |
49.9 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
159,266 |
31.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
314 |
145,741 |
28.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
385 |
101,756 |
19.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
501 |
84,193 |
16.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
314 |
79,600 |
15.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
181 |
66,776 |
13.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
323 |
65,035 |
12.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
35 |
53,092 |
10.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
489 |
46,936 |
9.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
104 |
29,066 |
5.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
82 |
28,958 |
5.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
89 |
27,877 |
5.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
27,803 |
5.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
170 |
26,507 |
5.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
25,940 |
5.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
174 |
19,676 |
3.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
83 |
12,705 |
2.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
11,693 |
2.3 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
95 |
10,919 |
2.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
93 |
7,887 |
1.5 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
6,941 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
60 |
6,646 |
1.3 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
66 |
4,845 |
1.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
4,150 |
0.8 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
3,742 |
0.7 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
3,147 |
0.6 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
3,146 |
0.6 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
3,063 |
0.6 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
2,607 |
0.5 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,498 |
0.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
8 |
2,427 |
0.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
2,402 |
0.5 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,257 |
0.4 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
2,202 |
0.4 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
1,930 |
0.4 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
1,546 |
0.3 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
1,500 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
44 |
1,377 |
0.3 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
1,206 |
0.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,099 |
0.2 |
| Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,037 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
642 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
663 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
571 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
517 |
0.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
523 |
0.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
494 |
0.1 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
387 |
0.1 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
408 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
298 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
320 |
0.1 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
297 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
331 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
300 |
0.1 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
257 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
188 |
0.0 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
157 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
150 |
0.0 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
103 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
92 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
126 |
0.0 |
| Christ Catholic Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
62 |
0.0 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
56 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
47 |
0.0 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.0 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
63 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
70 |
0.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
69 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.0 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
40 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 7,666 |
2,944,890 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,117,073. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,944,890) include 57.6% 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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