Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	11,373	(1)		11,461	(1)		4	5
Mennonite Church USA	8,765	(2)		NA			34	NA
United Methodist Church, The	8,225	(3)		10,376	(2)		20	22
Missionary Church, The	5,450	(4)		3,584	(6)		18	15
Old Order Amish Church	4,758	(5)		2,700	(7)		61	18
Church of the Brethren	3,830	(6)		4,283	(4)		18	19
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	3,458	(7)		3,811	(5)		10	10
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	1,771	(8)		1,929	(11)		6	6
Assemblies of God	1,740	(9)		2,535	(8)		7	6
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,471	(10)		1,955	(10)		3	3
Church of the Nazarene	1,389	(11)		1,611	(14)		6	7
United Church of Christ	1,324	(12)		1,762	(13)		4	6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,283	(13)		1,179	(16)		3	3
Conservative Mennonite Conference	1,269	(14)		NA			6	NA
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	1,165	(15)		1,910	(12)		3	4

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		182,791
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		38.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	46	(43 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	70,199	(70,640 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	281	(227 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Elkhart County, IN
	The newly published book Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000 includes a CD that allows users to determine such lists for any selected group of counties.
Source:	Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000 Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990
	Both studies, copyrighted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, are published by the Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, Tenn. More information is available at www.glenmary.org/grc.