[Lee N. Field]

Quite puzzling finally is the denomination labelling itself as Christian, dominating in central Illinois and Indiana. I thought they all were. Christian, that is…

Campbellite restorationist would be my guess.

[muawiyah]

No, the "Christian" mentioned refers to the congregations that adhere to conferences that arose out of the Stone/Campbell Movement in the early to mid-1800s.

Thee are several "denominations" that use this name.

[SeekAndFind]

Quite puzzling finally is the denomination labelling itself as Christian, dominating in central Illinois and Indiana. I thought they all were. Christian, that is…

There are numerous churches that are NON-DENOMINATIONAL. They adhere to the ancient creeds of Christianity ( as seen in their church's statement of faith ) but do not have a specific denomination. Some would simply call them Evangelical ( a catch-all phrase ).

In this sense, a majority of Chinese Christians (in China ) who worship at non-government recognized house churches would be considered in the "Christian" category ( some estimate them to be close to a hundred million believers ).

[big'ol_freeper]

Article said: Most of the other counties have Catholics as the most numerous congregation, leading to a somewhat misleading map. Catholicism very often is the biggest denomination by default, owing to the fact that their institutional unity boosts ‘market share’ but at the same time masks differences between different wings of the Roman church that are as great as between denominations of Protestantism that have separated over theological differences.

Um...that’s BS.

[alarm rider]

I see small islands of Lutherans in the South. These are the places that you will find the best coffee before and after services.

It is a well known fact that Lutherans have the best coffee.

[VastRWCon]

The map is from 2000 is there a 2007/2008 ? Thanks!

[mamelukesabre]

Hurray for orange and yellow! I’m shocked how little there is of orange and yellow, and how much red there is. I’m not sure I know what “reformed” is. But there sure is alot of that too.

[Between the Lines]

More Maps:

Religious Adherents
Church Bodies
Catholic
Baptist
Methodist
Lutheran
    Lutheran Groups
    ELCA
    LCMS
    WELS
Jewish
Pentecostal
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)

Christian
Presbyterian
Episcopal
United Church of Christ
Muslim
Eastern Orthodox
Church of the Nazarene
Reformed
Mennonite
    Amish
Unitarian
Congregational
Friends (Quaker)

And the most important map of them all:

US Counties With High Percentages of Unclaimed/Unchurched (sorry pdf file only)

[Alex Murphy]

Ping to read & respond later

[Alex Murphy]

Ping for later reading/reference