Missouri

Denominational Groups, 2000

1,384,748	518,882	5,797	856,964	126,768	2,702,052
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	537	856,964	153.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	1,884	797,732	142.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	933	226,578	40.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	311	140,315	25.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	317	105,583	18.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	483	95,429	17.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	334	78,235	14.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	297	64,277	11.5
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	33	62,315	11.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	165	51,490	9.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	454	43,423	7.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	124	41,014	7.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	179	29,348	5.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	79	27,991	5.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	109	26,846	4.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	34	23,207	4.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	117	20,053	3.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	185	19,547	3.5
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	15	19,359	3.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	22	19,315	3.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	29	13,373	2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	77	12,559	2.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	90	10,585	1.9
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	28	10,508	1.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	61	9,327	1.7
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	79	7,886	1.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	65	7,328	1.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	25	6,702	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	86	6,548	1.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	30	6,018	1.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	3	4,524	0.8
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	9	3,937	0.7
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	49	3,300	0.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	26	2,719	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,695	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	11	2,593	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	9	2,445	0.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	26	2,171	0.4
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	21	2,063	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	17	1,635	0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	23	1,602	0.3
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,571	0.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,484	0.3
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	30	1,313	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,310	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,181	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	34	1,120	0.2
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,120	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	20	1,045	0.2
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,009	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	950	0.2
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	13	935	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	866	0.2
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	6	822	0.2
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	5	760	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	663	0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	5	654	0.1
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	11	617	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	13	588	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	9	533	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	508	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	483	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	4	463	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	362	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	4	361	0.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	320	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	300	0.1
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	2	282	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	9	279	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	245	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	2	200	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	158	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	152	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	143	0.0
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	123	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	118	0.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	110	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	90	0.0
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	1	81	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	80	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	75	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	45	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	40	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	28	0.0
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	1	21	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	12	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	43	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	8	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	14	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	7,771	2,893,159
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		3,468,102

The population of these 115 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,117,073; in 2000 it was 5,595,211. The total population changed 9.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,893,159) include 51.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,468,102) include 62.0% 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 [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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