Transcript Slide 1
The State of the Church
in Illinois
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 Illinois, and what the complete “State of
the Church in Illinois” Powerpoint looks like. The goal is to
encourage pastors and church lay leaders to view and discuss
together the missional challenges in Illinois that the Church
faces. The complete Powerpoint is $14.95 and is available for
immediate download at
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/state/UIL20.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
Illinois Every Week?”
“Is the Christian Church Going Forwards or
Backwards in Influence in Illinois?”
As the data is analyzed county by county assessing a number of
factors, a comprehensive picture of the State of the Church in
Illinois 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. Illinois
has an attendance percentage (20.3%) 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%
23.3%
GA
AL
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 Illinois.
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27.6%
26.7%
20.8%
13.5%
14.8%
18.2%
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago
Boone
McHenry
Lake
21.2%
20.6%
Carroll
Ogle
19.2%
15.6%
25.8%
22.8%
Whiteside
Lee
Cook
18.3%
Kendall
Rock Island
24.7%
Henry
Bureau
16.5%
16.7%
43.8%
20.1%
18.4%
Henderson
Warren
26.6%
17.4%
La Salle
Grundy
21.6%
Putnam
25.2%
Stark
14.2%
19.5%
Will
23.0%
Mercer
Kankakee
Marshall
25.1%
Knox
20.6%
23.7%
McDonough
Fulton
27.7%
18.5%
Du Page
23.8%
Hancock
21.4%
Kane
De Kalb
23.3%
25.9%
Peoria
Woodford
Livingston
24.3%
20.6%
Iroquois
Ford
20.7%
22.7%
Tazewell
McLean
25.2%
Mason
26.2%
29.8%
Schuyler
31.1%
22.6%
Adams
Brown
41.2%
32.4%
23.3%
Logan
2000 Percentage
of Population at
Worship in
All Christian
Churches on
an Given Weekend
Blue = Lowest
Rose = Middle
Beige = Highest
Pike
33.3%
Macon
Sangamon
20.0%
Moultrie
30.9%
21.9%
Calhoun
Macoupin
19.8%
23.6%
Montgomery
Cumberland
Clark
23.2%
35.9%
Jersey
23.8%
25.3%
21.4%
Effingham
Fayette
Bond
34.2%
Madison
32.6%
26.9%
22.4%
Saint Clair
26.6%
Edgar
29.3%
Shelby
20.9%
31.7%
Coles
Greene
Clay
37.7%
28.1%
Jasper
Crawford
32.5%
30.6%
Richland
Lawrence
Marion
Clinton
31.3%
23.1%
Washington
30.9%
41.8% 28.2%
Wayne
Wabash
Edwards
Jefferson
Monroe
19.3%
23.6%
25.7%
Perry
Randolph
21.2%
32.1%
Hamilton
White
Franklin
18.1%
Jackson
19.1%
18.9%
16.8%
Williamson
Saline
Gallatin
13.0%
21.3%
Union
24.5%
25.1%
Johnson
35.1%
Pulaski
Alexander
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Douglas
18.8%
26.2%
Christian
33.7%
27.1%
Vermilion
25.5%
23.8%
28.0%
Morgan
Scott
34.9%
Champaign
Piatt
Menard
Cass
28.7%
Illinois Counties
22.5%
Dewitt 20.9%
Hardin
18.3%
23.2%Pope
Massac
0.0% to 21.4%
21.4% to 26.2%
26.2% to 44.8%
The Next 2 Maps
show the population numbers for each county
in Illinois. 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. The blue counties
declined in population.
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22,289
48,979
278,418
41,786
260,077
644,356
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago
Boone
McHenry
Lake
16,674
51,032
Carroll
Ogle
404,119
88,969
60,653
36,062
Whiteside
Lee
Du Page 5,376,741
Kendall
Rock Island
502,266
51,020
35,503
Henry
Bureau
6,086
16,957
6,332
Mercer
55,836
Henderson
Warren
Hancock
37,535
La Salle
Grundy
103,833
Kankakee
Marshall
39,678
Knox
35,469
183,433
32,913
38,250
McDonough
Fulton
Livingston
31,334
14,241
Woodford
Peoria
20,121
Will
111,509
Putnam
13,180
Stark
18,735
Cook
54,544
149,374
8,213
904,161
Kane
De Kalb
Iroquois
Ford
128,485
150,433
Tazewell
McLean
16,038
Mason
7,189
68,277
Schuyler
13,695
6,950
Adams
Brown
16,798
31,183
12,486
Logan
19,922
Macon
Sangamon
Douglas
14,287
35,372
53,196
Moultrie
Christian
22,893
Illinois Counties
30,652
11,253
Macoupin
Montgomery
Cumberland
Clark
2000 Population
21,668
34,264
Jersey
21,802
17,633
258,941
Fayette
Bond
14,560
Saint Clair
27,619
20,452
Jasper
Crawford
16,149
15,452
Richland
Lawrence
Marion
Clinton
15,148
40,045
Washington
17,151
6,971 12,937
Wayne
Wabash
Edwards
Jefferson
Monroe
23,094
33,893
39,018
Perry
Randolph
8,621
15,371
Hamilton
White
Franklin
59,612
Jackson
61,296
26,733
6,445
Williamson
Saline
Gallatin
4,800
18,293
12,878
Union
9,590
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Clay
41,691
35,535
10,117
Effingham
Madison
256,082
Edgar
17,008
49,019
Greene
Calhoun
19,704
Coles
Shelby
14,761
5,084
83,919
Vermilion
114,706
188,951
Pike
Champaign
Piatt
Menard
Cass
36,616
5,537
Morgan
Scott
17,384
179,669
Dewitt 16,365
Johnson
7,348
Pulaski
Alexander
Hardin
4,413
15,161Pope
Massac
0 to 20,000
20,000 to 50,000
50,000 to 5,376,742
Complete Presentation has
Map of 2000 Population
Growth for Each County
The Next 2 Slides
show the ethnicity of Illinois 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 Illinois
Non-Hispanic White
Hispanic
8%
Non-Hispanic Black
Asian
2%
Hispanic
Asian
Non-Hispanic Black
15%
Non-Hispanic White
75%
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Complete Presentation has
Graph of 2000 Ethnicity
Illinois 1990 - 2000 Growth or Decline in an Ethnic Group's
Percentage of the Population
70.0%
60.3%
60.0%
50.5%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
4.5%
10.0%
0.0%
-10.0%
-9.5%
-20.0%
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Black
Hispanic
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Asian
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The Next Graph
shows the attendance numbers for the churches in
Illinois in 1990 and 2000. Evangelical churches have
grown slightly and Mainline and Catholic churches
have declined. Unfortunately, as overall worship
attendance has remained quite stable, the population
has grown. A more reliable standard for evaluating
increasing or declining influence is the percentage of
the population attending church on any given
weekend, shown in the second graph.
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Illinois Worship Attendance - 1990 & 2000
3,000,000
2,259,260 2,242,034
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,011,089
802,649
832,940
995,858
1,000,000
426,046
394,125
500,000
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2000 Total
1990 Total
2000 Catholic
1990 Catholic
2000 Mainline
1990 Mainline
2000 Evangelical
1990 Evangelical
-
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 Illinois in 1990 and 2000. Most noteworthy
is the percentage decline of all three groups.
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Illinois 2000 Weekly Worship Attendance
Evangelical
8%
Mainline
3%
Catholic
9%
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
Absent
Absent
80%
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Illinois - Change in Worship Attendance as a Percentage of Population 19902000
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
-2.9%
-9.5%
-10.0%
-14.3%
-13.2%
-20.0%
-30.0%
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
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Total
The 3 Next Charts
show the relative strength of the 8 major
denominational groups in Illinois. The Pie
Chart shows how much Catholics
predominate in Illinois. The second and third
charts show that all groups have declined
with the exception of the Pentecostals.
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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 or Decrease in the Percentage of the Population in a
Christian Church on any Given Weekend by Denominational Family
3.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
-2.0%
-1.9%
-2.1%
-4.0%
-6.0%
-8.0%
-8.0%
-9.5%
-10.0%
-10.5%
-12.0%
-13.2%
-13.2%
-14.0%
-16.0%
Baptist
Methodist
Lutheran
Reformed
Pentecostal
Christian
Catholic
Other
The Next Chart
show the relative strength of the 8 major
denominational groups in Maryland. The
first chart illustrates the relative sizes of the
churches in Maryland by attendance. The
second chart shows the change in the
percentage of the population attending the
most influential denominations over the last
decade.
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1990 & 2000 Illinois Average Church Attendance
1,200
1,063
971
1,000
794 794
800
1990 Illinois
2000 Illinois
600
1990 US Average
2000 US Average
400
241 238
200
140 145 124 131
172 175
113 111 112 115
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
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Total
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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 Illinois in 2000. Evangelical
and Mainline churches are stronger in the
southern half of the state, while Catholics are
stronger in the northern half of the state.
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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
15.4%
5.0%
6.4%
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago
4.2%
5.2%
Carroll
Ogle
7.1%
9.0%
Whiteside
Lee
4.8%
Boone
8.3%
8.9%
McHenry
Lake
10.1%
5.7%
Cook
5.5%
Kendall
Rock Island
9.6%
11.8%
Henry
Bureau
10.5%
3.5%
3.9%
Mercer
4.4%
2.2%
3.5%
Henderson
Warren
12.0%
Will
17.0%
8.2%
La Salle
Grundy
6.6%
Putnam
10.0%
Stark
Kankakee
Marshall
7.0%
Knox
3.1%
3.5%
McDonough
Fulton
3.9%
9.4%
Du Page
9.2%
Hancock
11.9%
Kane
De Kalb
8.3%
6.5%
Peoria
Woodford
Livingston
4.0%
3.4%
Iroquois
Ford
4.4%
6.1%
Tazewell
McLean
3.1%
Mason
1.7%
10.9%
Schuyler
12.9%
5.6%
Adams
Brown
3.9%
7.8%
5.3%
Logan
2000 Percentage
of Population at
Worship in
Catholic
Churches on
an Given Weekend
Blue = Lowest
Rose = Middle
Beige = Highest
1.4%
5.3%
5.3%
Macon
Sangamon
Morgan
Scott
Pike
Coles
1.8%
Shelby
6.4%
6.7%
5.1%
3.9%
Montgomery
Cumberland
Clark
Greene
Calhoun
Macoupin
9.4%
17.3%
Jersey
1.8%
3.9%
7.7%
Effingham
Fayette
Bond
3.8%
Madison
3.1%
20.2%
7.4%
Saint Clair
12.8%
3.3%
Edgar
2.9%
Moultrie
3.5%
Clay
10.4%
1.9%
Jasper
Crawford
5.4%
1.9%
Richland
Lawrence
Marion
Clinton
0.5%
10.8%
Washington
0.0%
Wayne
2.2%
4.6%
Wabash
Edwards
Jefferson
Monroe
5.3%
6.8%
1.1%
Perry
Randolph
4.3%
2.0%
Hamilton
White
Franklin
1.7%
Jackson
2.8%
1.6%
6.4%
Williamson
Saline
Gallatin
1.2%
2.8%
0.5%
Union
1.2%
Hardin
Johnson
3.0%
Pulaski
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Douglas
2.0%
7.7%
Christian
19.2%
3.9%
Vermilion
4.3%
9.1%
Illinois Counties
Champaign
Piatt
Menard
Cass
4.1%
4.8%
Dewitt 3.5%
0.0%
0.8% Pope
Massac
0.0% to 3.8%
3.8% to 6.7%
6.7% to 21.2%
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. 24 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 Illinois between 1990 and 2000. For
evangelicals, 53 counties grew in attendance
percentage, while 47 counties declined. For mainline
churches, 9 counties grew in attendance percentage,
while 93 counties declined. For Catholics, 8 counties
grew in attendance percentage, while 92 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
-12.6%
-7.9%
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
-9.9%
-27.6%
Winnebago Boone
-17.7%
18.9%
Carroll
Ogle
-0.8%
-7.8%
McHenry
Lake
1.6%
-6.7%
-11.2%
-3.9%
Whiteside
Lee
Du PageCook
-32.6%
-12.0%
Kendall
Rock Island
-12.0%
Stark
-12.0%
Henderson
Warren
-21.9%
La Salle
Grundy
-29.3%
Kankakee
Marshall
-12.0%
Knox
-12.0%
-12.0%
McDonough
Fulton
-12.0%
Hancock
-12.0%
Putnam
-12.0%
-34.9%
-12.0%
Will
Bureau
-12.0%
-12.0%
Mercer
-7.8%
-12.0%
Henry
-12.0%
-24.1%-10.1%
Kane
De Kalb
-12.0%
-12.0%
Peoria
Woodford
Livingston
-38.3%
-46.4%
Iroquois
Ford
-12.0%
-12.0%
Tazewell
McLean
-12.0%
Mason
-12.0%
-18.3%
Schuyler
174.8%
-28.2%
Adams
Brown
-12.0%
-12.0%
9.4%
Logan
1990 - 2000 Increase or
Decline in Percentage
of the Population at
Worship in Catholic
Churches on any
Given Weekend
Blue = Decline
Rose = Increase
Pike
-3.4%
Macon
Sangamon
-12.0%
Moultrie
45.1%
-9.3%
Calhoun
Macoupin
-33.8%
-16.1%
Montgomery
Cumberland
Clark
-46.0%
-9.1%
Jersey
-33.6%
49.5%
-18.3%
Fayette
Bond
-12.0%
-22.6%
-14.9%
Saint Clair
-32.4%
-11.5%
-34.8%
Jasper
Crawford
Effingham
Madison
-18.4%
Edgar
-13.1%
Shelby
-2.2%
-19.2%
Coles
Greene
Clay
-20.1%
-21.0%
Richland
Lawrence
Marion
Clinton
-25.0%
-14.4%
Washington
-32.9%
-38.4%
Wayne
Wabash
Edwards
Jefferson
Monroe
-23.9%
-36.1%
-45.9%
Perry
Randolph
-29.3%
-30.1%
Hamilton
White
Franklin
-35.0%
-38.5%
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
-56.7%
Union
-52.6%
-28.0%
-15.8%
Gallatin
-27.7%
-9.6%
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Douglas
-3.8%
-20.1%
Christian
-22.8%
-12.0%
Vermilion
-26.1%
-22.2%
19.3%
Morgan
Scott
-7.0%
Champaign
Piatt
Menard
Cass
-9.6%
Illinois Counties
-12.0%
Dewitt -12.0%
Johnson
9.0%
Pulaski
Alexander
-48.5%Pope
Massac
Hardin
Declined
Increased
No data
The Final Chart
shows the net gain in the number of churches
in Illinois in the past decade. There was a net
loss of 30 churches. However, 951 churches
were needed to keep up with population
growth from 1990 - 2000.
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Increase in Number of Churches in Illinois Between 1990 & 2000
951
1000
800
600
400
200
127
-193
36
-30
0
-200
Evangelical
Mainline
Catholic
Total Gain
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Increase Needed to
Maintain 1990 Ratio
of Churches to
Population
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The State of the Church in
Illinois . . .
In Illinois, the actual number of people attending
church has declined over the past decade. Church
attendance has grown for Evangelicals, but has
declined for the Mainline and Catholics
However, because of population growth, the percentage
of the population attending church has been declining
for the all three groups. This resulted in a 9.5% 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 Illinois. Nine
hundred and eighty-one additional churches needed to
have been started in the previous decade to
compensate for the decline in percentage attendance.
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information on the American Church.
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The complete Chicago Powerpoint presentation is available at
The complete St. Louis Powerpoint presentation is available at
A Combo Pack (12 Surprising Facts, Illinois, Chicago and St. Louis
Powerpoints) is available at http://www.theamericanchurch.org/combo/IL0.htm
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/metro/Chicago.htm
http://www.theamericanchurch.org/metro/StLouis.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
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increase the 2000 percentage to 20.5%.
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For More Information . . .
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
[email protected].
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