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Van Wert County, Ohio - 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
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 11 2,918 101.52
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1 2,410 83.84
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,360 47.31
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 5 1,282 44.60
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,200 41.75
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 1,099 38.23
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 513 17.85
Evangelical Friends Church International Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 292 10.16
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 3 220 7.65
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 185 6.44
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 180 6.26
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 109 3.79
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 92 3.20
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 90 3.13
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 49 1.70
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 44 1.53
Friends United Meeting Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 2 38 1.32
American Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 37 1.29
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 10 0.35
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 4 0.14
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 0 0.00
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 0 0.00
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 28,744 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (12,132) included 42.2% 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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