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Christian County, Illinois - County Membership Report (2010)

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
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 7 5,473 157.27
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 13 2,634 75.69
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 7 2,107 60.55
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 3 1,345 38.65
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 4 820 23.56
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 6 727 20.89
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 7 630 18.10
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 5 580 16.67
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 474 13.62
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 386 11.09
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 195 5.60
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 181 5.20
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 1 172 4.94
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 164 4.71
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 164 4.71
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 150 4.31
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 131 3.76
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 45 1.29
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 36 1.03
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 4 0.11
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Grace Gospel Fellowship Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 34,800 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (16,418) included 47.2% of the total population in 2010. 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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