Nebraska

Religious Traditions, 2010

288,965	13,106	297,522	1,493	372,838	42,605	809,812
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	816	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	252	0.1
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	288	0.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	54	10,679	5.8
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	275	0.2
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	475	0.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	98	20,118	11.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	6	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	5	684	0.4
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	95	0.1
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	11	4,101	2.2
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	15	0.0
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	107	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	350	372,838	204.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	21	13,500	7.4
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	51	8,804	4.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	75	16,427	9.0
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	126	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	302	0.2
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	8	---	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	15	559	0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	1,311	0.7
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	---	---
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	113	0.1
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	17	2,372	1.3
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	356	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	195	0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	62	23,398	12.8
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	295	0.2
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	31	4,281	2.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	49	4,308	2.4
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	13	2,213	1.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	8	1,952	1.1
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	1,658	0.9
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	44	0.0
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	31	3,570	2.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	56	7,981	4.4
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	19	2,238	1.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	73	14,234	7.8
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	45	0.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	250	110,110	60.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	1,071	0.6
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	887	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	954	0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	259	0.1
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	66	0.0
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	17	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	725	0.4
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	5	228	0.1
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	500	0.3
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	111	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	217	0.1
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	46	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	269	112,585	61.6
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	30	15,692	8.6
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	3,040	1.7
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	158	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	346	0.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	8	6,156	3.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	498	0.3
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	315	0.2
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	13	9,036	4.9
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	189	0.1
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	146	29,325	16.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	161	0.1
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	256	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	70	0.0
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	430	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	82	0.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	132	28,329	15.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	1,128	0.6
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	2,236	1.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	2,127	1.2
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	509	0.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	4,192	2.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	223	0.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	185	0.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	55	8,436	4.6
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	80	16,418	9.0
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	8	776	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	868	0.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	91	19,487	10.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	383	109,283	59.8
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	17	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	4	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	359	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	15	1,726	0.9
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	34	5,744	3.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	11	0.0
		Totals:	2,860	1,016,529

The population of Nebraska was 1,826,341 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,711,263. The total population changed 6.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,016,529) included 55.7% of the total population in 2010.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.