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