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Stearns County, Minnesota - 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 46 53,720 339.37
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 11 11,251 71.08
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 12 7,159 45.23
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 9 3,848 24.31
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 3 1,713 10.82
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 7 1,440 9.10
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 5 1,333 8.42
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 4 700 4.42
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 487 3.08
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 418 2.64
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 306 1.93
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 270 1.71
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 185 1.17
Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 164 1.04
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 152 0.96
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 3 150 0.95
Wisler Mennonite Conference (Ohio-Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Mennonite/Amish Family 1 107 0.68
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 93 0.59
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 92 0.58
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 80 0.51
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith, McDonough, GA) Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 2 76 0.48
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 54 0.34
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 51 0.32
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 34 0.21
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2 0 0.00
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
Converge Worldwide Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
North American Lutheran Church Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 158,292 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (83,883) included 53.0% 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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