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Bay County, Michigan - 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 22 33,237 308.40
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 11 11,180 103.74
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 5 2,900 26.91
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 8 2,010 18.65
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 13 1,994 18.50
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 1,320 12.25
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 633 5.87
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2 597 5.54
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 378 3.51
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 361 3.35
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 334 3.10
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 300 2.78
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 2 278 2.58
Apostolic Christian Church of America Evangelical Protestant Froehlich Churches Family 1 250 2.32
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 219 2.03
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 218 2.02
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 216 2.00
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2 178 1.65
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 137 1.27
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 125 1.16
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 111 1.03
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 109 1.01
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 106 0.98
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 100 0.93
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 89 0.83
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 88 0.82
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 85 0.79
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 37 0.34
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 21 0.19
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 12 0.11
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 107,771 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (57,623) included 53.5% 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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