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.
[More information on the data sources]

Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2,006	749,685	125.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	853	226,409	37.8
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	721	236,235	39.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	504	724,315	120.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	469	117,904	19.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	443	42,805	7.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	324	81,509	13.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	317	72,756	12.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	305	142,685	23.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	264	46,060	7.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	177	26,451	4.4
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	169	---	---
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	167	12,932	2.2
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	152	---	---
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	151	40,802	6.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	145	66,071	11.0
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	108	26,177	4.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	95	23,609	3.9
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	86	17,203	2.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	85	13,841	2.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	79	5,132	0.9
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	78	9,833	1.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	73	36,435	6.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	72	22,260	3.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	71	13,597	2.3
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	65	13,787	2.3
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	64	8,720	1.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	41	9,626	1.6
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	39	11,708	2.0
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	38	6,142	1.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	34	7,815	1.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	27	19,991	3.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	923	0.2
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	25	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	25	1,902	0.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	25	9,282	1.5
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	24	1,207	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	23	2,701	0.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	2,178	0.4
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	22	---	---
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Other Groups	19	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	19	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	18	5,192	0.9
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	18	6,562	1.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	17	1,883	0.3
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	17	5,130	0.9
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	16	---	---
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	575	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	1,043	0.2
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	15	1,853	0.3
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	14	16,016	2.7
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	13	581	0.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	13	7,065	1.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	12	7,299	1.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	12	---	---
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	713	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	1,815	0.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	10	2,470	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	10	1,261	0.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	9	1,514	0.3
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	9	---	---
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	9	244	0.0
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	9	---	---
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	9	282	0.0
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	9	2,489	0.4
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	1,500	0.3
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	8	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	7	---	---
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	881	0.1
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	---	---
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	7	6,271	1.0
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	7	292	0.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	6,159	1.0
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	6	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	339	0.1
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	6	1,302	0.2
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	670	0.1
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	452	0.1
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	239	0.0
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	5	---	---
Tampico Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	1,701	0.3
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	446	0.1
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	304	0.1
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	728	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	4	182	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	4,700	0.8
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	193	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	391	0.1
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	309	0.1
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	785	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	32	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	3,659	0.6
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	521	0.1
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	3	697	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	134	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	396	0.1
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	127	0.0
Berea Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	159	0.0
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	2	87	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	93	0.0
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	---	---
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	257	0.0
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	153	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	24	0.0
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	195	0.0
Ambassadors Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	136	0.0
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	42	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	85	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	16	0.0
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	43	0.0
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	87	0.0
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	250	0.0
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	500	0.1
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	20	0.0
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	90	0.0
Maranatha Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	79	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	13	0.0
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1	---	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	32	0.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	336	0.1
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	80	0.0
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	12	0.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	20	0.0
		Totals:	9,001	2,950,894

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.

^* 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.