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Monroe County, Michigan - County Membership Report (2020)

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 11 35,884 231.80
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 20 5,644 36.46
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 16 4,096 26.46
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 3,718 24.02
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 15 3,510 22.67
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 8 3,472 22.43
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 9 3,270 21.12
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 2,325 15.02
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 1,153 7.45
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2 798 5.15
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 6 780 5.04
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 626 4.04
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 3 598 3.86
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 3 578 3.73
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 517 3.34
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 485 3.13
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 431 2.78
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 380 2.45
Open Bible Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 342 2.21
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 298 1.92
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 260 1.68
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 249 1.61
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 230 1.49
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 2 174 1.12
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 150 0.97
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 126 0.81
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 112 0.72
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 90 0.58
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 84 0.54
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 59 0.38
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 55 0.36
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 50 0.32
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 43 0.28
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 25 0.16
Northern New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists. Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 24 0.16
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 12 0.08
Polish National Catholic Church of America Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1
General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 154,809 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (70,648) included 45.6% of the total population in 2020. 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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