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Mobile, AL Metro Area - Metro Area Membership Report (2020)

Exact definitions of "congregations" and "adherents" vary by religious body. Congregations may be parishes, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, or another site where a religious body has regularly scheduled worship services. Adherents generally are members, children who are not members, and others who are not members but are considered participants in the congregation.

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Religious Bodies Tradition Family Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 149 86,967 202.16
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 134 60,720 141.14
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 35 44,271 102.91
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 48 19,796 46.02
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 35 18,688 43.44
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 47 17,305 40.23
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 24 10,776 25.05
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 43 9,349 21.73
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 14 4,867 11.31
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 4,800 11.16
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 19 3,807 8.85
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 16 3,244 7.54
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 7 3,220 7.48
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 13 3,128 7.27
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 13 2,994 6.96
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 20 2,938 6.83
Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism Buddhism Family 3 2,149 5.00
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 6 1,599 3.72
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 10 1,547 3.60
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 3 1,521 3.54
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 6 1,118 2.60
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 3 952 2.21
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 800 1.86
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 734 1.71
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 4 682 1.59
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 7 537 1.25
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 527 1.23
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 4 502 1.17
National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 500 1.16
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 463 1.08
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 350 0.81
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 350 0.81
American Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3 324 0.75
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 178 0.41
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 165 0.38
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 165 0.38
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 2 145 0.34
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 129 0.30
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 126 0.29
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 84 0.20
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant Other Groups Family 1 75 0.17
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 71 0.17
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 55 0.13
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 37 0.09
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 1 35 0.08
Grace Gospel Fellowship Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 4
The Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1
Bible Methodist Connection of Churches Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1
Unification Church Other Other Groups Family 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2
Chabad Judaism Judaism 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 7
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Christians Christian Science Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2
Congregational Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 8
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this metro area was 430,197 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (312,790) included 72.7% of the total population in 2020. The adherence rate is the number of adherents of a given group per 1,000 people in the general population.

Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.

The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155.

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