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Stearns County, Minnesota - 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 48 62,565 415.32
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 16 14,075 93.43
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 9 4,072 27.03
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 9 3,469 23.03
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 5 2,171 14.41
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 8 1,936 12.85
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 839 5.57
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 4 810 5.38
Converge Worldwide Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3 660 4.38
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 660 4.38
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 332 2.20
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 232 1.54
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 214 1.42
Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 202 1.34
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 3 200 1.33
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 137 0.91
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 93 0.62
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 93 0.62
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 81 0.54
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 80 0.53
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 61 0.40
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 49 0.33
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 21 0.14
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith, McDonough, GA) Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 12 0.08
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 2
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 150,642 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (93,064) included 61.8% 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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