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	% Change
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+122	-48,047	-6.0%
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	+24	-7,651	-39.5%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	+21	+25,057	+61.1%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+11	+3,608	+60.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+10	+4,270	+45.8%
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+9	+1,113	+16.6%
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	+8	+1,282	+10.2%
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+7	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	+7	-24,074	-22.8%
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+3	+865	+91.1%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+3	+3,362	+85.4%
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+3	-13	-2.2%
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+3	-69	-19.1%
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+3	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	+2	---	---
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+2	+227	+34.7%
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+2	+678	+82.5%
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+2	+585	+292.5%
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+1	-59	-38.8%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+1	+176	+3.9%
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+1	+13	+2.6%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+1	+29	+8.0%
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+1	+10	+7.0%
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	+1	---	---
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+1	-1,652	-61.3%
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+0	-17	-3.7%
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+0	-160	-65.3%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	-126	-79.7%
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	+0	+248	+15.2%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+0	-31	-6.4%
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	+0	-35	-12.5%
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+0	+8	+66.7%
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+0	+15	+20.0%
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+0	-32	-71.1%
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	+16	+5.0%
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	-1	-1.2%
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+0	-9	-42.9%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	+0	+44	+1.8%
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	+0	+80	+6.8%
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	+0	---	---
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-1	-24	-60.0%
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-1	-817	-30.0%
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-1	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-1	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-1	+576	+36.0%
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-1	+1,392	+19.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	-2	+6,618	+49.5%
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Other Groups	-2	---	---
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-2	-2,897	-9.9%
Jain	Other	Other Groups	-2	---	---
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	-2	+34	+5.1%
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-3	+530	+24.4%
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-3	-407	-36.3%
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-3	-1,226	-11.7%
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-4	+3,566	+137.5%
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-6	-106	-8.1%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	-6	+2,370	+1.7%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-7	-1,416	-21.6%
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-7	-197	-17.6%
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-7	-464	-44.4%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	-7	-5,731	-20.5%
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-7	-1,071	-81.8%
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	-9	+6,124	+30.5%
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-11	-618	-1.4%
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-14	+22,475	+23.6%
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	-14	-3,237	-12.1%
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-14	-10,688	-20.8%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-17	-5,479	-7.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-18	-6,615	-33.8%
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	-33	-132,649	-15.5%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-33	-18,217	-28.3%
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	-80	-169	-0.1%
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	---	---	---
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 Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
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	---	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
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	---	---	---
		Totals:	-69	-188,633	-7%

The population of Missouri was 5,988,927 in 2010; in 2000 it was 5,595,211. The total population changed 7.0%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,950,894) included 49.3% of the total population in 2010.

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.