The State of the Church
in Kansas
1990-2000
Dave Olson
www.TheAmericanChurch.org
© 2004 by David T. Olson
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This is a Sample Presentation
It’s purpose is to give you an idea of what is happening to the
Christian church in Kansas, and what the complete “State of
the Church in Kansas” Powerpoint looks like. The goal is to
encourage pastors and church lay leaders to view and discuss
together the missional challenges in Kansas that the Church
faces. The complete Powerpoint is $14.95 and is available for
immediate download at
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/state/UKS20.htm
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In 1996,
polls taken immediately after the Presidential election
revealed that 58% of people claimed they had voted,
when in reality only 49% actually did. This is called the
Halo Effect. People tend to over-inflate their participation
in activities that create acceptability within their social
group.
For many decades, pollsters such as Gallup and Barna have
reported that around 45% of Americans attend church
every Sunday. But there is a religious Halo Effect. Actual
attendance counts have shown that the
percentage of people attending church on any
given weekend is much lower than was previously
thought.
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The Intent
of this presentation is to answer and then expand on two
key questions:
“How Many People Really Attend Church in
Kansas Every Week?”
“Is the Christian Church Going Forwards or
Backwards in Influence in Kansas?”
As the data is analyzed county by county assessing a number of
factors, a comprehensive picture of the State of the Church in
Kansas will begin to take shape.
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This study
uses weekend church attendance as a more
reliable and more immediate snapshot of
Christian influence than membership. The
following map shows the percentage of the
population attending a Christian church on any
given weekend in all 50 states in 2000. Kansas
has an attendance percentage (22.7%) that is
higher than the average for the nation (18.7%).
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Percentage of Population Attending a Christian
Church on any Given Weekend 2000
11.8%
14.0%
NH
WA
17.5%
11.2%
13.2%
29.4%
MT
23.2%
ND
ME
VT
MN
14.5%
OR
14.4%
11.4%
24.6%
28.0%
ID
14.0%
NY
WI
SD
20.6%
WY
20.3%
CA
20.3%
15.2%
UT
IL
CO
22.7%
KS
AZ
21.7%
IN
WV
22.1%
MO
OK
NM
22.7%
NC
TN
25.0%
28.6% 16.0%
DC
DE
17.7%
MD
23.3%
SC
26.7%
MS
TX
18.0%
VA
KY
AR
19.1%
CT
NJ
17.4%
21.5%
22.0%
17.8%
16.0%
OH
23.5%
14.3%
17.2%
PA
IA
3.1%
NV
RI
20.5%
24.7%
NE
14.8%
20.1%
MI
23.8%
9.7%
MA
15.5%
26.9%
AL
23.3%
GA
29.4%
LA
15.1%
AK
15.1%
13.4%
HI
0.0% to 14.4%
14.4% to 17.5%
17.5% to 20.6%
20.6% to 23.5%
23.5% to 29.4%
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The Next Map
shows the percentage of the population
attending a Christian church on any given
weekend in 2000 for each county in Kansas.
Church attendance is higher in western
Kansas than in eastern Kansas.
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Kansas - Counties - 2000 Percentage of Population at Worship in All Christian
Churches on a Given Weekend Blue = Lowest Rose = Middle Beige = Highest
23.7%
Rawlins
19.8%
Cheyenne
18.1%
Sherman
23.9%
Wallace
17.2%
Thomas
32.9%
Logan
36.8%
Decatur
37.5%
Sheridan
33.8%
Gove
30.7%
Norton
35.3%
Graham
30.8%
Trego
33.5%
Phillips
36.2%
Rooks
52.1%
Smith
36.2%
Osborne
32.3%
Jewell
34.8%
Mitchell
19.7%
Lincoln
21.4%
Ellis
26.8%
Wichita
35.2%
Scott
26.1%
Lane
38.3%
Ness
25.7%
Rush
33.3%
Barton
20.7%
Rice
25.5%
Hamilton
28.5%
Kearny
19.7%
Hodgeman
20.2%
Finney
23.7%
Stanton
27.5%
Grant
31.9%
Morton
26.2%
Stevens
38.2%
Stafford
23.0%
Ford
25.9%
Kiowa
26.4%
Haskell
16.2%
Seward
49.6%
Meade
29.6%
Clark
28.3%
Clay
16.4%
Riley
47.8%
Comanche
27.7%
Pratt
40.1%
Barber
27.5%
Reno
15.5%
Pottawatomie
22.8%
Dickinson
27.8%
Saline
16.9%
Geary
19.5%
Wabaunsee
22.0%
Morris
81.5%
McPherson
23.5%
Brown
12.7%
Jackson
21.9%
Shawnee
21.7%
Doniphan
25.1%
Atchison
14.1%
Leavenworth
18.2%
19.8%
Jefferson
Wyandotte
14.4%
Osage
13.2%
Douglas
21.8%
Johnson
16.3%
Franklin
19.1%
Miami
34.8%
Anderson
21.3%
Linn
22.1%
Lyon
17.9%
Marion
29.7%
Chase
26.2%
Coffey
32.9%
Harvey
23.9%
Sedgwick
20.3%
Butler
37.1%
Kingman
35.4%
Harper
40.3%
Nemaha
17.4%
Ottawa
18.2%
Pawnee
29.9%
Edwards
39.6%
Gray
27.5%
Marshall
40.5%
Washington
29.1%
Cloud
33.9%
Russell
27.3%
Ellsworth
38.0%
Greeley
30.1%
Republic
23.4%
Greenwood
25.7%
Elk
24.3%
Sumner
21.4%
Cowley
24.8%
Chautauqua
28.0%
Woodson
29.3%
Allen
26.9%
Wilson
22.9%
Neosho
27.7%
Montgomery
23.7%
Labette
26.7%
Bourbon
19.7%
Crawford
22.7%
Cherokee
0.0% to 22.9%
22.9% to 29.6%
29.6% to 82.5%
The Next 2 Maps
show the population numbers for each county
in Kansas. The first map shows the
population of each county. The second map
shows the growth or decline in population for
each county from 1990 - 2000. Blue counties
declined in population.
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Kansas - Counties - 2000 Population
2,966
3,165
Rawlins
Cheyenne
3,472
5,953
Decatur
Norton
6,001
Phillips
4,536
Smith
3,791
Jewell
5,835
Republic
13,361
Marshall
6,483
Washington
10,268
6,760
Sherman
1,749
Wallace
8,180
Thomas
3,046
Logan
2,813
Sheridan
3,068
Gove
2,946
Graham
3,319
Trego
5,685
Rooks
4,452
Osborne
6,932
Mitchell
3,578
Lincoln
27,507
Ellis
8,822
Clay
1,534
Greeley
2,531
Wichita
5,120
Scott
2,155
Lane
3,454
Ness
3,551
Rush
10,761
Saline
2,085
Hodgeman
40,523
Hamilton
4,531
Finney
10,965
McPherson
2,406
Stanton
7,909
Grant
4,789
4,307
Haskell
451,086
Johnson
24,784
Franklin
28,351
Miami
8,865
8,110
Anderson
9,570
Linn
Harvey
7,673
Reno
Pratt
99,962
Douglas
32,869
64,790
452,869
9,647
3,278
Kiowa
16,712
Osage
3,030
Chase
59,482
32,458
Ford
Shawnee
Wabaunsee
Coffey
3,449
Edwards
5,904
Gray
6,885
Leavenworth
157,882
Wyandotte
35,935
Lyon
29,554
Marion
7,233
Pawnee
Stafford
Kearny
27,947
Geary
6,104
Morris
Rice
2,670
Jefferson
28,205
Barton
68,691
169,871
19,344
Dickinson
53,597
Jackson
18,426
6,163
Ottawa
7,370
Russell
6,525
Ellsworth
Pottawatomie
62,843
Riley
8,249
Doniphan
16,774
Atchison
12,657
18,209
Cloud
10,724
Brown
10,717
Nemaha
8,673
Greenwood
3,788
Woodson
14,385
Allen
15,379
Bourbon
Butler
Sedgwick
Kingman
3,261
10,332
Wilson
16,997
Neosho
38,242
Crawford
Elk
3,496
Morton
5,463
Stevens
22,510
Seward
4,631
Meade
2,390
Clark
5,307
1,967
Comanche
Barber
6,536
Harper
25,946
Sumner
36,291
Cowley
4,359
Chautauqua
36,252
22,835
Montgomery
Labette
22,605
Cherokee
0 to 5,307
5,307 to 14,385
14,385 to 452,870
Complete Presentation has
Map of 2000 Population
Growth for Each County
The Next 2 Slides
show the ethnicity of Kansas in 1990 and 2000.
The third slide shows the growth or decline in
the percentage of the population for each
ethnic group.
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1990 Ethnicity of Kansas
Asian
1%
Hispanic
4%
Non-Hispanic Black
6%
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Black
Hispanic
Asian
Non-Hispanic White
89%
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Complete Presentation has
Graph of 2000 Ethnicity
Kansas 1990 - 2000 Growth or Decline in an Ethnic Group's
Percentage of the Population
92.1%
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
64.8%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
8.5%
10.0%
0.0%
-6.2%
-10.0%
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Black
Hispanic
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The Next Graph
shows the attendance numbers for the churches in
Kansas in 1990 and 2000. Evangelicals have grown in
attendance, while Mainline and Catholic churches
have declined. Unfortunately, while overall worship
attendance has decreased somewhat, population has
continued to grow, meaning that the Church in
Kansas has declined substantially in the percentage
of population attending church. The second graph
shows a more reliable standard for evaluating
increasing or declining influence by looking at the
percentage of the population attending church on
any given weekend.
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Kansas Worship Attendance - 1990 & 2000
700,000
613,396
609,861
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
251,965
267,691
172,900
200,000
187,236
167,123
173,751
100,000
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2000 Total
1990 Total
2000 Catholic
1990 Catholic
2000 Mainline
1990 Mainline
2000 Evangelical
1990 Evangelical
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Complete Presentation has
Graph of 1990 & 2000 Worship
Percentage by Category
The Next Graph
is a Pie graph visualizing the percentage of the
population at churches in each category in
2000. The “Absent” category indicates the
percentage of the population that is not
worshipping at a Christian church on any
given weekend. The second graph shows the
percentage gain or decline for each category
in Kansas in 1990 and 2000.
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2000 Weekly Worship Attendance
10.0%
6.2%
6.5%
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
Absent
77.3%
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Kansas - Change in Worship Attendance as a Percentage of Population - 1990 & 2000
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
-2.1%
-10.0%
-8.4%
-10.9%
-14.5%
-20.0%
-30.0%
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
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The 3 Next Charts
show the relative strength of the 8 major
denominational groups in Kansas. The Pie
Chart shows how Catholic, Christian,
Methodist and Baptist churches predominate.
The second and third charts show that all 8
groups have declined in the percentage of the
population attending that denominational
family.
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Complete Presentation has
Pie Chart of 2000 Attendance by
Denominational Families
Complete Presentation has
Bar Graph of 1990 & 2000
Attendance by Denominational
Families
1990 & 2000 Increase and Decrease in the Percentage of the Population in a
Christian Church on any Given Weekend by Denominational Family
0.0%
-0.6%
-2.0%
-3.4%
-4.0%
-4.2%
Baptist
-5.9%
-6.0%
Methodist
-6.9%
Reformed
Lutheran
-8.0%
Pentecostal
-8.6%
Catholic
Christian
-10.0%
Other
-12.0%
-13.2%
-14.0%
-14.5%
-16.0%
Baptist
Methodist
Reformed
Lutheran
Pentecostal
Catholic
Christian
Other
The Next Chart
shows the 1990 & 2000 average church
attendance by group for both this state and
the nation. The second chart shows the 1990
& 2000 population per church for this state
and the nation. Among states in 2000,
Arkansas has the lowest population per
church with 411 people per church, Utah is
the highest at 4,586 people per church.
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1990 & 2000 Kansas Average Church Attendance
900
794 794
800
700
600
472
500
491
1990 Kansas
2000 Kansas
1990 US Average
400
2000 US Average
300
172 175
200
119 125 124 131
143 146
115
99 101 112
100
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
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Complete Presentation has
Bar Graph of 1990 & 2000
Population per Church
for State and Nation
The Next 3 Maps
show the attendance percentages for the
Evangelical, Catholic and Mainline churches in
each county in Kansas in 2000.
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Complete Presentation has
State Map of 2000
Evangelical Attendance
Percentage
for each County
Complete Presentation has
State Map of 2000
Mainline Attendance Percentage
for each County
Kansas - Counties - 2000 Percentage of Population at Worship in Catholic
Churches on a Given Weekend Blue = Lowest Rose = Middle Beige = Highest
12.0%
Rawlins
5.0%
Cheyenne
5.3%
Sherman
6.5%
Wallace
7.8%
Thomas
12.4%
Logan
10.2%
Decatur
20.5%
Sheridan
16.5%
Gove
7.1%
Norton
8.0%
Graham
12.4%
Trego
5.0%
Phillips
12.8%
Rooks
2.3%
Smith
7.5%
Osborne
3.0%
Jewell
15.8%
Mitchell
3.3%
Lincoln
16.0%
Ellis
11.1%
Wichita
6.4%
Scott
6.7%
Lane
15.9%
Ness
11.1%
Rush
14.6%
Barton
4.9%
Rice
8.5%
Hamilton
9.5%
Kearny
7.3%
Hodgeman
10.6%
Finney
8.4%
Stanton
9.6%
Grant
4.7%
Morton
4.2%
Stevens
4.4%
Stafford
9.2%
Ford
2.3%
Kiowa
2.4%
Haskell
4.9%
Seward
8.9%
Meade
6.4%
Clark
2.8%
Clay
1.3%
Comanche
7.9%
Pratt
8.2%
Barber
4.7%
Reno
3.7%
Ottawa
5.1%
Dickinson
8.8%
Saline
1.7%
Geary
3.3%
Wabaunsee
6.9%
Morris
3.9%
McPherson
5.1%
Brown
3.1%
Jackson
6.1%
Shawnee
3.4%
Doniphan
9.5%
Atchison
4.9%
Leavenworth
5.0%
5.4%
Jefferson
Wyandotte
3.9%
Osage
2.9%
Douglas
8.3%
Johnson
2.2%
Franklin
7.5%
Miami
9.4%
Anderson
1.6%
Linn
4.5%
Lyon
0.3%
Marion
6.2%
Chase
2.9%
Coffey
4.4%
Harvey
6.5%
Sedgwick
5.2%
Butler
11.9%
Kingman
8.3%
Harper
20.9%
Nemaha
5.5%
Pottawatomie
3.8%
Riley
7.4%
Pawnee
14.0%
Edwards
5.1%
Gray
9.6%
Marshall
8.9%
Washington
9.5%
Cloud
7.2%
Russell
6.7%
Ellsworth
9.6%
Greeley
5.0%
Republic
2.5%
Greenwood
0.7%
Elk
8.2%
Sumner
2.9%
Cowley
0.4%
Chautauqua
Woodson
4.7%
Allen
3.8%
Wilson
6.8%
Neosho
3.8%
Montgomery
2.2%
Labette
4.6%
Bourbon
7.0%
Crawford
7.8%
Cherokee
0.0% to 4.9%
4.9% to 8.2%
8.2% to 21.9%
No data
The Next Map
shows the growth or decline in the percentage
of the population attending a Christian church
on any given weekend from 1990 to 2000 for
each county. 27 counties grew in attendance
percentage, while 78 counties declined.
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Complete Presentation has
State Map of 1990 - 2000
Christian Church Attendance
Percentage
Increase or Decline
for each County
The Next 3 Maps
show the growth or decline of attendance percentages
for the Evangelical, Catholic and Mainline churches in
each county in Kansas between 1990 and 2000. For
evangelicals, 56 counties grew in attendance
percentage, while 49 counties declined. For mainline
churches, 18 counties grew in attendance
percentage, while 87 counties declined. For Catholics,
33 counties grew in attendance percentage, while 71
counties declined.
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Complete Presentation has
State Map of 1990 - 2000
Evangelical Attendance
Percentage
Increase or Decline
for each County
Complete Presentation has
State Map of 1990 - 2000
Mainline Attendance Percentage
Increase or Decline
for each County
Kansas - Counties - 1990 - 2000 Growth or Decline in Percentage
of the Population at Worship in Catholic Churches on a
Given Weekend Blue = Decline Rose = Growth
21.9%
-42.1%
23.2%
-19.7%
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Decatur
Norton
33.3%
Phillips
17.1%
Smith
-42.5%
Jewell
-6.1%
Republic
-37.5%
Marshall
-39.4%
Washington
-41.0%
-31.9%
Sherman
-34.1%
Wallace
-11.6%
Thomas
-37.5%
-14.6%
Sheridan
-33.1%
Gove
Logan
-33.5%
Graham
-18.9%
Trego
-14.8%
Rooks
20.8%
Osborne
-23.7%
Mitchell
-6.2%
Lincoln
-44.5%
Ellis
-53.6%
Cloud
-28.7%
Clay
-21.4%
53.9%
137.3%
-15.8%
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Lane
Ness
-44.2%
Rush
-16.0%
Rice
-11.8%
Dickinson
-67.4%
Geary
Saline
-35.6%
-15.0%
-15.5%
Hamilton
Kearny
211.2%
Stanton
81.4%
Grant
148.3%
Stafford
-13.0%
Edwards
-16.0%
Gray
-53.7%
6.8%
45.2%
Morton
Stevens
Seward
-27.5%
McPherson
-11.1%
Ford
78.5%
-39.2%
Clark
-21.2%
Comanche
43.7%
Chase
Shawnee
-10.9%
Douglas
-10.8%
2.6%
Johnson
-51.7%
33.4%
Franklin
Miami
Coffey
-44.4%
Anderson
-22.4%
Linn
1.3%
Woodson
Allen
51.1%
Bourbon
28.1%
Wilson
Neosho
-2.7%
Montgomery
Labette
-0.4%
Harvey
-32.8%
-11.0%
Sedgwick
Greenwood
Butler
-17.5%
Kingman
Barber
-33.6%
Wyandotte
-10.2%
-11.3%
6.4%
Pratt
Leavenworth
-34.8%
Lyon
-89.2%
Marion
Reno
Kiowa
5.7%
Meade
-30.6%
42.8%
Osage
Morris
17.6%
-73.7%
Haskell
-26.2%
Atchison
-13.8%
Jackson
Pawnee
Hodgeman
Finney
-34.0%
Wabaunsee
135.2%
-26.8%
40.2%
-52.2%
Doniphan
-39.6%
Jefferson
-9.9%
Barton
-31.2%
Brown
-31.8%
8.2%
58.1%
Pottawatomie
0.3%
Riley
3.6%
Ottawa
-31.8%
Russell
-29.8%
Ellsworth
-17.3%
Nemaha
56.5%
Harper
-65.2%
Elk
14.6%
-4.2%
Sumner
Cowley
-36.1%
Chautauqua
44.4%
-72.3%
Decline
Growth
No data
-4.6%
Crawford
237.7%
Cherokee
The Final Chart
shows the net gain in the number of churches
in Kansas in the past decade. There was a
net loss of 108 churches. However, 364
churches were needed to keep up with
population growth from 1990 - 2000.
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Increase in Churches in Kansas Between 1990 & 2000
364
400
300
200
100
29
0
-43
-93
-100
-108
-200
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
Total Gain
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Increase Needed to
Maintain 1990 Ratio
of Churches to
Population
The State of the Church in
Kansas . . .
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Because of population growth plus declining church
attendance, the church has both great opportunities
and great challenges.
The percentage of the population attending church has
been declining for all groups. This resulted in a 8% loss
in the state-wide percentage of the population that
attended church between 1990 and 2000.
A major factor in the overall decline is the insufficient
net gain in the number of churches in Kansas. Four
hundred and seventy-two additional churches needed
to have been started in the previous decade to
compensate for the decline in percentage attendance.
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additional information on the American Church.
12 Surprising Facts about the American Church is available at
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/12supm.htm
The complete Kansas Powerpoint presentation is available at
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/state/UKS20.htm
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The Complete Kansas City Powerpoint presentation is available at
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/metro/KansasCity.htm
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A Combo Pack (12 Surprising Facts, Kansas and Kansas City Powerpoints) is
available at http://www.theamericanchurch.org/combo/KS0.htm
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The spiritual health of churches is multifaceted, and is obviously much more complex than an attendance trend
can portray. However, following the example of St. Luke in the Book of Acts, who used the number of people who
showed up at various events as a sign documenting the health and growth of the early church, I would suggest
that attendance is the single most helpful indicator of health, growth and decline.
Information has been compiled only for orthodox Christian groups – Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox. The
Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Unitarian-Universalists and the International Churches of Christ have not been
included. In addition, information about non-Christian groups has not been compiled.
African American denominations publish very little that is statistical – often not even a list of current churches.
This study used data from the 1990 Glenmary study on Black Baptist estimates and AME Zion churches, the
average African American worship attendance (from the Barna Research Group), and a statistical model based on
the population of African Americans in each county in 1990 and 2000. These were combined to come up with as
accurate an estimate as possible.
Independent church data is almost impossible to obtain. (There are actually fewer totally independent churches
than is assumed. Most are part of some voluntary association, which typically keeps some records.) Data from the
1990 & 2000 Glenmary study on larger Independent churches (limited to over 300 in attendance) was used along
with a statistical model to estimate the attendance at smaller independent churches.
In Catholic churches, the definition of what constitutes membership varies with diocese and church, making
numbers sometimes inconsistent from state to state and county to county. In addition to actual mass counts from
1/3rd of Catholic parishes, membership information has been merged with attendance patterns from similar
dioceses based on the size of the diocese and the region in which it is located.
Orthodox Churches are included in Totals, but not included as a separate group because of smallness of size
nationwide. Division into Evangelical and Mainline categories is based on the division by the Glenmary Study.
This study only looks at how many people attend a Christian church on any given Sunday. The term ‘regular
attender’ can be designated to mean someone who attends a Christian church on a consistent basis. Using a
simple definition for ‘regular attender’ (attends at least 3 out of every 8 Sundays), between 23% and 25% of
Americans would fit this category. Adding ‘regular attenders’ of non-orthodox christian churches and other
religions to the totals would increase the percentage to 26% – 28%.
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This Presentation
is based on a nationwide study of American church
attendance, as reported by churches and denominations.
The database currently has average worship attendances
for each of the last 10 years for over 170,000 individual
churches.
It also uses supplementary information (actual membership
numbers correlated with accurate membership to
attendance ratios) to project the attendances of all other
denominational and independent churches. All told,
accurate information is provided for all 300,000 orthodox
Christian churches.1
1 This presentation looks only at people attending orthodox Christian churches. Approximately 3 million people attend non-orthodox Christian churches, and
perhaps 3 million attend a religious service of another religion. Those ‘houses of worship’ would add another 35,000 churches in the United States and
increase the 2000 percentage to 20.5%.
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For More Information . . .
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Presentations such as this are available for the largest
100 metropolitan areas, for each state and for the
nation as a whole, as well as other presentations to
show what is happening in the American church.
Presentations are available either by direct download,
CD or print. Please go to www.theamericanchurch.org
for ordering information.
To Contact Dave Olson, please email him at
DaveTOlson@aol.com.
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