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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 |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-41 |
+54,881 |
6.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+13,200 |
20.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+35 |
+13,137 |
47.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-18 |
+11,236 |
13.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-2 |
+9,223 |
17.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+36 |
+8,549 |
1.1% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+7,361 |
233.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-68 |
+3,827 |
3.8% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+3,520 |
140.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,960 |
79.1% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,841 |
10.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,681 |
40.3% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+2,483 |
51.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+1,680 |
14.4% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+874 |
28.5% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+462 |
20.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+328 |
66.4% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+293 |
12.2% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+246 |
60.3% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+170 |
113.3% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+143 |
44.7% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+83 |
207.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+82 |
7.5% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+80 |
127.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+56 |
3.6% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+34 |
72.3% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+22 |
8.6% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+21 |
30.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+18 |
0.7% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+16 |
3.1% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1 |
0.6% |
| Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-28 |
-2.7% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-32 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-40 |
-7.6% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-54 |
-8.4% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-64 |
-69.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
-129 |
-0.7% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-146 |
-1.1% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-161 |
-13.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-209 |
-36.6% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-235 |
-60.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
-257 |
-18.7% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-260 |
-86.7% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-334 |
-3.1% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-380 |
-25.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-620 |
-32.1% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
-850 |
-20.5% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-889 |
-40.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-967 |
-3.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-1,339 |
-17.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-2,220 |
-7.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-35 |
-3,513 |
-7.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-4,596 |
-16.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-5,426 |
-3.7% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
-6,625 |
-25.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-16 |
-15,286 |
-22.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-17 |
-15,323 |
-19.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-71 |
-28,533 |
-11.2% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-168
| +51,992 |
+1.9% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (2,944,890) represent 57.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,893,159) include 51.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 58 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 58 groups had 2,770,680 adherents in 1990 and 2,822,672 adherents in 2000, for a change of 1.9%
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 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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