Kansas

Religious Traditions, 2010

516,818	41,666	386,980	3,397	426,611	68,983	1,408,663
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^†
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	18	1,076	0.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	224	64,312	23.9
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	134	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	6	2,172	0.8
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	1,017	0.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	163	27,860	10.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	9	1,255	0.5
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,407	0.5
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	392	0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	146	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	525	0.2
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	10	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	---	---
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	354	405,844	151.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	1,071	0.4
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	137	56,908	21.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	216	56,793	21.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	460	0.2
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	53	7,341	2.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	2,432	0.9
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	22	4,587	1.7
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	400	0.1
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	71	20,356	7.6
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	30	3,690	1.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	139	31,902	11.9
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	178	18,969	7.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	417	0.2
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	39	4,169	1.6
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	874	0.3
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	284	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	84	16,687	6.2
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	22	5,338	2.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	19	4,175	1.6
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	135	42,491	15.8
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	869	0.3
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	141	0.1
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	469	0.2
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	4,222	1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	22	2,003	0.7
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	62	4,056	1.5
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	27	2,418	0.9
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	0	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	10	3,468	1.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	16	8,500	3.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	1,053	0.4
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	25	4,015	1.5
Jain	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Jewish	Other	Judaism	10	14,500	5.4
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	166	62,712	23.3
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Maranatha Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	53	14,297	5.3
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	9	1,609	0.6
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	3	188	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	612	0.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	9	3,470	1.3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,323	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	397	0.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	31	0.0
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	133	0.0
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,337	0.5
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	406	0.2
Old Order River Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	162	0.1
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	231	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	388	0.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	193	50,806	18.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	1,059	0.4
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	583	0.2
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	17	6,705	2.5
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	387	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	63	7,408	2.8
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	254	101,696	37.8
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	17	4,691	1.7
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	7	845	0.3
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	75	13,568	5.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	735	206,187	76.7
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	1,889	0.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	44	11,973	4.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	9	944	0.4
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	3,959	1,327,235

The population of Kansas was 2,688,418 in 2000; in 1990 it was 2,477,574. The total population changed 8.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,327,235) included 49.4% of the total population in 2000.

^* 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.