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- 01. First Baptist Church (Springdale) 10,382 (average attendance)
- 02. Fellowship Bible Church (Lowell) 7,000
- 03. Fellowship Bible Church (Little Rock) 5,300
- 04. Harvest Time Tabernacle (Fort Smith) 4,000
- 05. St. Mark Baptist Church (Little Rock) 3,200
- 06. College Church of Christ (Searcy) 2,700
- 07. Immanuel Baptist Church (Little Rock) 2,500
- 07. New Life Church (Conway) 2,500
- 08. Fort Smith 1st Baptist Church 2,200
- 09. Church at Rock Creek (Little Rock) 2,000
- 10. North Little Rock 1st Assembly of God 1,910
- 11. Geyer Springs 1st Baptist Church (Little Rock) 1,800
- Source: Hartford Institute for Religion Research
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- 01. Southern Baptists 665,307
- 02. United Methodists 179,383
- 03. Catholics 115,967
- 04. American Baptist Assn. 115,916
- 05. Baptist Missionary Assn. of America 87,244
- 06. Churches of Christ 86,342
- 07. Assemblies of God 67,187
- 08. National Assn. of Freewill Baptists 26,268
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- 10. Nazarenes 17,110
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- 02. Catholic Church 406,021
- 03. United Methodist Church 208,720
- 04. Independent Christian Churches 106,638
- 05. Christian Church (Disciples) 67,611
- 06. Churches of Christ 58,602
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- 09. Assemblies of God 30,103
- 10. National Assn of Free Will Baptists 20,441
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- 02. The Southern Baptist Convention, 16,267,494
- 03. The United Methodist Church, 8,186,254
- 04. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5,999,177
- 05. The Church of God in Christ, 5,499,875
- 06. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., 5,000,000
- 07. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 4,930,429
- 08. National Baptist Convention of America, 3,500,000
- 09. Presbyterian Church (USA), 3,189,573
- 10. Assemblies of God, 2,779,095
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March 15th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
In economic times like this, people attend church less and give less. The level of attendance and giving normally go together.