Sedgwick County, Kansas

Religious Traditions, 2010

104,418	11,312	49,200	1,361	74,600	13,532	243,942
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	32	74,600	149.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	54	29,575	59.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	42	27,680	55.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	17	19,011	38.1
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	89	16,418	32.9
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	7,883	15.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	10	6,948	13.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	14	6,746	13.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	17	6,685	13.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	6,581	13.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	16	4,592	9.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	22	4,516	9.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	4,032	8.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	17	3,174	6.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	2,727	5.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	9	2,488	5.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	2,465	4.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	2,264	4.5
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	6	2,062	4.1
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	12	1,922	3.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	1,847	3.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	1,812	3.6
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	1,448	2.9
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	1,241	2.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	4	1,232	2.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	3	1,071	2.1
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	998	2.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	786	1.6
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	764	1.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	667	1.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	606	1.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	582	1.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	572	1.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	572	1.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	3	563	1.1
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	556	1.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	509	1.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	509	1.0
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	474	1.0
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	426	0.9
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	414	0.8
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	391	0.8
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	356	0.7
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	350	0.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	326	0.7
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	283	0.6
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	250	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	221	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	205	0.4
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	203	0.4
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	200	0.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	190	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	169	0.3
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	165	0.3
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	151	0.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	147	0.3
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	140	0.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	120	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	112	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	107	0.2
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	95	0.2
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	77	0.2
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	53	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	50	0.1
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	41	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	3	0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	7	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	546	254,423

The population of Sedgwick County, Kansas was 498,365 in 2010; in 2000 it was 452,869. The total population changed 10.0%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (254,423) included 51.1% of the total population in 2010.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.