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Evangelical Protestant - Religious Tradition

Evangelical Protestant denominations and churches emphasize conversion and evangelism, hold biblical authority in high regard, and tend to seek more separation from the broader culture. Evangelical Protestantism is usually seen as more theologically and socially conservative than mainline Protestantism, although there is obviously variation among evangelical denominations, congregations, and individuals. Evangelical Protestant denominations include the Southern Baptist Convention, Assemblies of God, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Maps: Evangelical Protestant1

Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)

Congregations (2020)



Top 5 Evangelical Protestant States (2020)1 [View all States]

Rank State Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Alabama 2,114,973 421.00
2 Oklahoma 1,657,531 418.60
3 Mississippi 1,156,148 390.40
4 Arkansas 1,154,205 383.30
5 Tennessee 2,515,918 364.10
       

Top 5 Evangelical Protestant Counties (2020)1 [View all counties]

Rank County Adherents Adherence Rate
1 King County, Texas 1,199 4,524.50
2 Harmon County, Oklahoma 3,669 1,474.70
3 Kiowa County, Colorado 2,132 1,474.40
4 Worth County, Missouri 2,757 1,397.40
5 Edmonson County, Kentucky 15,609 1,287.20
       

Top 5 Evangelical Protestant Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]

Rank Metro Area Adherents Adherence Rate
1 Middlesborough, KY Micro Area 18,407 763.90
2 Camden, AR Micro Area 19,392 708.00
3 Vernon, TX Micro Area 8,778 681.20
4 Durant, OK Micro Area 29,752 645.80
5 Gadsden, AL Metro Area 66,739 645.20
       

Evangelical Protestant Groups: Adherence Rates (1980 - 2020)1

Group Family Adh. Rate 2020 Adh. Rate 2010 Adh. Rate 2000 Adh. Rate 1990 Adh. Rate 1980
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations Baptist 0.18 0.07 0.00
(Original) Church of God Pentecostal
Advent Christian Church Adventist 0.05 0.10 0.16
Agape Christian Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference) Methodist 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
Amana Church Society Communal 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ambassadors Amish Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.00 0.00
American Association of Lutheran Churches Lutheran 0.06 0.00
American Baptist Association Baptist 0.44 0.66 1.00 1.00
American Presbyterian Church Presbyterian/Reformed
Amish Groups, undifferentiated Mennonite/Amish 0.97 0.78
Amish; Other Groups Mennonite/Amish 0.02
Anabaptist Disciples of Christ Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Anglican Church in North America Anglican/Episcopal
Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) Other Groups 0.02 0.01 0.01
Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) - East Conference Froehlich Churches 0.01
Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) - West Conference Froehlich Churches 0.00
Apostolic Christian Church of America Froehlich Churches 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.00
Apostolic Christian Faith Froehlich Churches 0.01
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon Pentecostal 0.01
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America Lutheran 0.03 0.03
Appalachian Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Armenian Evangelical Union of North America Presbyterian/Reformed
Assemblies of God International Fellowship Pentecostal
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Pentecostal 9.34 9.54 9.10 8.69 7.17
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ Pentecostal
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Presbyterian/Reformed 0.10 0.14 0.15 0.14
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations Lutheran 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.06
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America Baptist
Association of Vineyard Churches Pentecostal 0.47 0.72 0.55
Baptist Missionary Association of America Baptist 1.05 1.17 1.22
Barren River Missionary Baptists Baptist 0.01 0.00
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Mennonite/Amish 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03
Believers in Christ Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Berea Amish Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.00 0.00
Berean Fellowship of Churches Independent Fundamentalist 0.02 0.02
Bethel Fellowship Mennonite Churches Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Bethel Ministerial Association Pentecostal 0.03
Bible Church of Christ, Inc. Pentecostal 0.03 0.02
Bible Fellowship Church Holiness 0.04 0.04
Bible Methodist Connection of Churches Holiness
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Presbyterian/Reformed
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, Inc. Pentecostal 0.07
Biblical Mennonite Alliance Mennonite/Amish 0.02
Brethren Church (Ashland, Ohio) Friends/Brethren 0.04 0.06 0.07 0.08
Brethren in Christ Church Friends/Brethren 0.09 0.08 0.08
Bruderhof Communal 0.01 0.01 0.00
Calvary Chapel Pentecostal
Canadian and American Reformed Churches Presbyterian/Reformed
Central Baptist Association Ministries Baptist 0.01 0.02 0.00
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends Friends/Brethren 0.00
Christ Catholic Church Catholic Liturgical 0.00 0.00
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Holiness
Christian and Missionary Alliance Holiness 1.25 1.39 1.18 1.09 0.76
Christian Apostolic Church Froehlich Churches 0.00
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Independent Fundamentalist 0.34 0.29
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Restorationists 4.16 4.71 5.11 4.88 5.01
Christian Communities None/Unknown 0.00
Christian Congregation in North America Pentecostal
Christian Reformed Church in North America Presbyterian/Reformed 0.45 0.73 0.88 0.91 0.94
Christian Union Other Groups 0.03 0.03
Church of Christ None/Unknown
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A Holiness
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Holiness 1.29 0.73 0.85 0.94 2.38
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Pentecostal 2.62 3.60 3.46 2.79 2.11
Church of God Apostolic, Inc. Pentecostal
Church of God by Faith, Inc. Pentecostal
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith, McDonough, GA) Adventist 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.03
Church of God of Prophecy Pentecostal 0.32 0.32 0.37 0.00
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Pentecostal
Church of God of the Firstborn None/Unknown
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. Pentecostal 0.03 0.00
Church of the Brethren Friends/Brethren 0.33 0.47 0.61 0.75 0.92
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Lutheran 0.09 0.07 0.05
Church of the Lutheran Confession Lutheran 0.04 0.04
Church of the Nazarene Holiness 2.73 2.89 3.22 3.57 3.94
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA Methodist 0.06 0.06 0.10 0.00
Churches of Christ Restorationists 4.29 5.13 5.85 6.76 7.11
Churches of Christ in Christian Union Holiness
Churches of God, General Conference Presbyterian/Reformed 0.09 0.13 0.15 0.17 0.00
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches Presbyterian/Reformed
Community of Christ Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) 0.40 0.35
Concordia Lutheran Conference None/Unknown
Congregational Holiness Church Pentecostal 0.05 0.03
Congregational Methodist Church Methodist 0.05
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Baptist 0.80 1.01
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Presbyterian/Reformed 0.15 0.16 0.18 0.14 0.12
Conservative Lutheran Association Lutheran
Conservative Mennonite Churches of York and Adams Counties PA Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Conservative Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.05 0.05 0.05
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends Friends/Brethren 0.01 0.01
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists Baptist 0.07 0.12 0.16
Converge Worldwide Baptist 0.84 0.85 0.67 0.67
Covenant Presbyterian Church None/Unknown
Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church Presbyterian/Reformed
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Presbyterian/Reformed 0.20 0.22 0.28 0.37 0.40
Cumberland Valley Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Dariusleut Hutterite Communal 0.00
Duck River (and Kindred) Association of Baptists Baptist 0.04 0.05 0.00
Dunkard Brethren Church Friends/Brethren 0.00
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.00
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Presbyterian/Reformed
Elim Fellowship Pentecostal
Enterprise Baptists Association Baptist 0.02 0.02 0.00
Evangel Presbytery Presbyterian/Reformed
Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches Presbyterian/Reformed
Evangelical Church of North America Holiness 0.03 0.06
Evangelical Congregational Church Methodist 0.07 0.13 0.15
Evangelical Covenant Church Methodist 0.47 0.74 0.54 0.41
Evangelical Free Church of America Methodist 1.16 1.02 0.73 0.32
Evangelical Friends Church International Friends/Brethren 0.11 0.11
Evangelical Lutheran Conference and Ministerium of North America None/Unknown
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America None/Unknown
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Lutheran 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.09
Evangelical Methodist Church Methodist 0.04 0.05
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Presbyterian/Reformed 0.42 0.29 0.18 0.00
Every Nation None/Unknown
Federation of Reformed Churches Presbyterian/Reformed
Fellowship of Christian Assemblies Pentecostal
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Mennonite/Amish 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches Mennonite/Amish 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches Methodist
Fire Baptized Holiness Church (Wesleyan) Holiness 0.00 0.00
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Presbyterian/Reformed
Free Methodist Church – USA Holiness 0.22 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.91
Free Presbyterian Church of North America Presbyterian/Reformed
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland None/Unknown
Free Reformed Church of North America Presbyterian/Reformed
Full Gospel Assemblies International Pentecostal
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Pentecostal 0.73
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association Baptist
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. Methodist 0.00 0.00 0.00
General Association of General Baptists Baptist 0.10
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Baptist 0.87
General Conference Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.21
General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) Adventist 0.03 0.02
General Six-Principle Baptists Baptist 0.00 0.00 0.00
German Apostolic / Christian Apostolic Churches Froehlich Churches 0.00
German Baptist Brethren Friends/Brethren 0.00
Grace Communion International None/Unknown
Grace Gospel Fellowship Independent Fundamentalist
Haven Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Heritage Reformed Churches Presbyterian/Reformed 0.00 0.00
Higher Ground Always Abounding Assemblies None/Unknown
Holiness Church of God Pentecostal 0.01
Hoover Old Order Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Hope Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Hutterian Brethren Communal 0.04 0.04 0.00
Hutterite Christian Communities Communal 0.00
Independent Baptist Fellowship International Baptist
Independent Conservative Brethren Friends/Brethren 0.00
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations Baptist 0.09
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Independent Fundamentalist 0.00
Independent Lutheran Diocese None/Unknown 0.00
Independent, Charismatic Churches Pentecostal 3.32 3.19 0.00
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Other Groups 3.97 4.85 0.00
Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptists. Baptist 0.01
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Pentecostal 1.10 1.04 1.23 1.03 0.71
International Churches of Christ Baptist 0.16 0.14 0.28
International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church Anglican/Episcopal
International Fellowship of Bible Churches Holiness
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies Pentecostal
International Pentecostal Church of Christ Pentecostal 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Pentecostal 0.94 0.86 0.63 0.54
Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of America Baptist 0.06 0.07 0.00
Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations Baptist 0.03 0.04 0.00
Kentucky Christian Conference None/Unknown
Keystone Mennonite Fellowship None/Unknown 0.01
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad Presbyterian/Reformed
Korean Presbyterian Church in America Presbyterian/Reformed
Korean-American Presbyterian Church Presbyterian/Reformed
Laestadian Lutheran Church None/Unknown
Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches Baptist 0.02
Lehrerleut Hutterite Communal 0.01
Little Flock Mennonite Churches Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church Holiness
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Lutheran 5.44 7.36 8.96 10.47 11.66
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Lutheran 0.59 1.00
Maranatha Amish Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.01 0.01
Meadow Springs Old Order Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Mennonite/Amish 0.13 0.14 0.10 0.09 0.09
Mennonite Christian Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.01 0.01
Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.53
Mennonite Church, USA Mennonite/Amish 0.21 0.41 0.56 0.78
Mennonite; Other Groups Mennonite/Amish 0.12
Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.00 0.00
Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship Presbyterian/Reformed 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00
Midwest Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Missionary Church, The Holiness 0.17 0.21 0.18 0.16 0.14
National Association of Free Will Baptists Baptist 0.47 0.70 0.90 1.18 0.00
Nationwide Fellowship Mennonite Churches Mennonite/Amish 0.02
Nazarene Christian Congregation (Side A or B) Froehlich Churches 0.00
Netherlands Reformed Congregations Presbyterian/Reformed 0.02 0.02 0.00
New Hope Baptist Association Baptist 0.01 0.01 0.00
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches Baptist
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptists Baptist 0.47
Non-denominational Christian Churches Other Groups 63.65 39.65
North American Baptist Conference Baptist 0.19 0.21 0.22 0.23
North American Lutheran Church Lutheran
Northeastern Mennonite Conference Friends/Brethren 0.00
Northern New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists. Baptist 0.00
Old Apostolic Lutheran Church of America None/Unknown
Old Brethren (California) Friends/Brethren 0.00
Old Brethren (Goshen) Friends/Brethren 0.00
Old Brethren German Baptist Friends/Brethren 0.00
Old German Baptist Brethren Church Friends/Brethren 0.02
Old German Baptist Brethren Church, New Conference Friends/Brethren 0.01
Old Order Amish Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.34 0.49 0.38
Old Order German Baptist Church Friends/Brethren 0.00
Old Order Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.08
Old Order Yorker River Brethren Friends/Brethren 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Old Regular Baptists Baptist 0.08 0.00
Old Wenger Mennonite Church Friends/Brethren 0.00
Open Bible Churches Pentecostal 0.09 0.07 0.21
Original Virginia Conference Old Order Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference None/Unknown
Orthodox Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Presbyterian/Reformed 0.09 0.09 0.06
Pentecostal Church of God Pentecostal 0.40 0.36 0.37 0.00
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church Pentecostal
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. Pentecostal 0.07
Pilgrim Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Pillar of Fire Holiness 0.01
Pleasant View Old Order (Virginia) Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Presbyterian Church in America Presbyterian/Reformed 1.12 1.11 1.12 0.89 0.50
Presbyterian Reformed Church Presbyterian/Reformed
Primitive Advent Christian Church Adventist 0.00 0.00
Primitive Baptists Baptist
Primitive Baptists Associations Baptist 0.13 0.20 0.00
Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of Baptist 0.01 0.02 0.03
Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A. Methodist 0.02 0.03 0.05
Progressive Primitive Baptists Baptist 0.03
Protes'tant Conference, The Lutheran 0.00 0.01
Protestant Reformed Churches in America Presbyterian/Reformed 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02
Reformed Baptist Church Baptist
Reformed Baptist Network None/Unknown
Reformed Bible Church None/Unknown
Reformed Church in the United States Presbyterian/Reformed 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00
Reformed Congregations of North America None/Unknown 0.00
Reformed Episcopal Church Anglican/Episcopal 0.03 0.03
Reformed Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.00 0.00 0.00
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly Presbyterian/Reformed
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery Presbyterian/Reformed
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States Presbyterian/Reformed
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanters) Presbyterian/Reformed 0.02 0.02 0.02
Regular Baptists Baptist 0.02 0.00
Reidenbach Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Remnant: Charity Ministries and related Mennonite/Amish
Riverdale Old Order (Virginia) Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Salvation Army Holiness 0.43 1.23 1.47 0.51 1.61
Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptists. Baptist 0.00
Schmiedeleut Hutterite Group 1 Communal 0.00
Schmiedeleut Hutterite Group 2 Communal 0.03
Schwenkfelder Church in America Other Groups 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
Separate Baptists in Christ Baptist 0.04 0.05
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the United States and Canada Baptist 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03
Seventh-day Adventist Church Adventist 4.04 3.87 3.28 3.63 2.97
Solid Rock Association of Old Time Baptists. Baptist 0.00
South Atlantic Mennonite Conference Friends/Brethren 0.00
Southeastern Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Southern Baptist Convention Baptist 53.25 64.44 70.65 76.16 72.36
Southern Illinois Christian Conference None/Unknown
Southern Methodist Church Methodist 0.05
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Baptist
Sovereign Grace Churches Baptist
Stauffer Mennonite (independent groups) Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Stauffer Mennonite Church Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Strict Baptists Baptist 0.00
Tampico Amish Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.01 0.01
The Church of God None/Unknown
The Local Churches None/Unknown
Truevine Baptists Association Baptist 0.00 0.00
Twelve Tribes None/Unknown
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists Baptist 0.00 0.00 0.00
Unaffiliated Amish-Mennonite (Conservative) Mennonite/Amish 0.01 0.01
Unaffiliated Amish-Mennonite (Spring Garden network) Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Unaffiliated Conservative Mennonite Mennonite/Amish 0.02
Unaffiliated Conservative Mennonite (Grandview fellowship) Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Unaffiliated Mennonite (Wisler Christian Fellowship) Mennonite/Amish 0.00
United Baptists Baptist 0.27 0.00
United Christian Church Methodist 0.00 0.00
United Pentecostal Church International Pentecostal
United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God Pentecostal
United Reformed Churches in North America Presbyterian/Reformed 0.05 0.04
United Zion Church Friends/Brethren 0.00 0.00 0.00
Unity of the Brethren Methodist
Vanguard Presbytery None/Unknown
Washington-Franklin Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.01
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association Baptist 0.01 0.01 0.00
Weaverland Mennonite Conference Mennonite/Amish 0.06
Wesleyan Church Holiness 0.92 0.81 1.36 1.04 0.00
Western Conservative Mennonite Fellowship Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Westminster Evangelical Presbyterian Church Presbyterian/Reformed
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Lutheran 1.23 1.24 1.44 1.69 1.80
Wisler Mennonite Conference (Ohio) Mennonite/Amish 0.00
Wisler Mennonite Conference (Ohio-Indiana) Mennonite/Amish 0.01
             

Sources

1 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. [More information on the data sources]

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