Missouri

Religious Traditions, 2010

1,518,847	93,900	462,246	6,745	724,315	144,841	3,038,033
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	537	856,964	153.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1,884	797,732	142.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	933	226,578	40.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	311	140,315	25.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	317	105,583	18.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	483	95,429	17.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	334	78,235	14.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	297	64,277	11.5
Jewish	Other	Judaism	33	62,315	11.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	165	51,490	9.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	454	43,423	7.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	124	41,014	7.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	179	29,348	5.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	79	27,991	5.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	109	26,846	4.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	34	23,207	4.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	117	20,053	3.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	185	19,547	3.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	15	19,359	3.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	19,315	3.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	29	13,373	2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	77	12,559	2.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	90	10,585	1.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	28	10,508	1.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	61	9,327	1.7
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	79	7,886	1.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	65	7,328	1.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	25	6,702	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	86	6,548	1.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	30	6,018	1.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	4,524	0.8
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	3,937	0.7
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	49	3,300	0.6
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	26	2,719	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	15	2,695	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	2,593	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	9	2,445	0.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	26	2,171	0.4
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Other Groups	21	2,063	0.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	17	1,635	0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	23	1,602	0.3
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	1,571	0.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	13	1,484	0.3
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	1,313	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	12	1,310	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	10	1,181	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	34	1,120	0.2
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	14	1,120	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	20	1,045	0.2
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	13	1,009	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	950	0.2
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	13	935	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	866	0.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	822	0.1
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	760	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	5	663	0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	654	0.1
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	617	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	13	588	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	9	533	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	508	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	483	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	463	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	362	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	361	0.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	320	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	300	0.1
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	282	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	9	279	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	245	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	200	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	158	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	152	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	143	0.0
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	123	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	118	0.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	110	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	90	0.0
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	81	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	80	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	75	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	45	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	40	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	28	0.0
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	21	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	12	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Ambassadors Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Berea Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	14	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	8	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Maranatha Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
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 Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
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	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	4	---	---
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
Tampico Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	7,771	2,893,159

The population of Missouri was 5,595,211 in 2000; in 1990 it was 5,117,073. The total population changed 9.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,893,159) included 51.7% 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.