Christians in the U.S

Right, Dr. Bob.

Ben W, come on over and visit Tulsa, Oklahoma.
I live not far away. It is a pleasant city.
There are four distinct seasons but not too extreme. The cost of living is relatively low for the U.S. Tulsa has always been a major center for the U.S. oil and gas industry. It's building heyday was in the 1920's, and thus it has a decidedly Art Deco flavor.
Broken ARROW is a major suburb. Broken Bow is a small town in SE OK. Many towns have very Indian names. Nowata, Seminole, Wyandotte, Chickasha, Choctaw, Watova, Ponca City, Tulsa, Delaware, Tahlequah, and many more.

Tulsa is often referred to as the Buckle of the Bible Belt. Certainly charismatic and Pentecostal churches contribute to this.

However, the main reason in Tulsa and OK is the presence of Baptists. There are about 3.5 million people in OK. Up to 86% identify themselves as Christians, according to some surveys. About 30% identify themselves as Baptists. Of which conservative Southern Baptists comprise by far the largest numbers.

There are also noticeable numbers of Wesleyans, Presbyterians, and Methodists.
Especially in western OK, there are large numbers of Mennonites.
Since Oklahoma was originally Indian Territory, a number of schools, colleges, and churches were originally founded as Presbyterian missions.

Karen

 

Ya, but who wants to visit Oklahoma??? LOL

 

Depends on who is counted as Christians. I don't think anyplace has a premium on that though some places have more churches than others. There are places that have a lot of churchianity and cultural Christianity.

If you go to Tulsa, don't go because of Kenneth Copeland. He's a Word-Faith teacher and so probably a lot of Word Faith followers are there. They would probably be counted as Christians. However, Copeland's teachings are not Biblical (God has a body, man can create with his mouth and thoughts, Jesus had to go to hell and fight Satan to atone for sins, etc.).

No, I think he's from Kansas. He has his own church (I think most of the members are relatives and friends) and runs around spewing his venom, giving Christians a bad name.

Ben, if you are looking for a city that is supposedly more Christian than another, you are going to get different opinions on that. And I think it's impossible to say.

I have heard that Maine, Oregon, and Washington (the state, not the city) have the least number of churchgoers. And yet there are some good churches in those states. Where I live it is very secular (Arlington itself is 95% unchurched) but sometimes you find the strongest evangelical churches in areas that are not very Christian though there might be fewer of them.

 

C4K&AVL1984 &Ben W
"Any other interpretations folks?"
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No. In fact the term Bible Belt is so famous that the term has entered the Dutch language as an English loanword. The most Christian stretch of my country is at times described as the 'Dutch Bible Belt'.

 

What areas would that cover?Curious.

 

Moique you are about to join the 2000 club!

 

By sheer magnitude of population, it may well be California. Californians are generally more inclined to be Christian.

However, California catches an awful lot of immigrants from the rest of the country that are not Christian, because of the "call to liberation" that California's movie industry seems to be spewing forth.

If the question is one of per capita, then California probably would be last or next to it.

By the way, 92% of California's counties voted for Bush. With the exception of San Diego, the major metropolitan areas of Greater Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay area and the Coastal communities all voted Democrat. The Rest of the State averaged 60/40 for Bush. The "rest of the state", comprises 90% of the landmass of California.

 

Plain Old Bill
The Dutch Bible Belt stretches from Zeeland in the Southwest through the Betuwe and Veluwe, to the north of the province of Overijssel and parts of Friesland. The local Christians that have given the area it's reputation are hyperorthodox Calvinists.

 

Why wasn't Florida included in the Bible belt?
What, historically, was this geographical oversite?

Just curious.

In His service;
Jim

 

I think because Florida is not traditionally considered a part of the "real " South.

 

An interesting tidbit I just read, there are 25 counties in Texas with more churchmembers than inhabitants.

In and around the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex are many, many churches. I would venture to say that this area may be the most 'churched'.

 

Mioque, where would places like Ede and Barneveld be in relation to your swathe of Bible-belt territory? The area round Barneveld in particular where this Christian girl I once fancied lived seemed to be very 'churchy', in contrast to the liberalism of places like Utrecht and or course Amsterdam

Yours in Christ

Matt

 

When I lived in Seattle about 10 years ago, Washington state was the second least churched state behind Oregon.

 

It is divided. Panhandle and north central Florida are still pretty southern culturally.

 

Thankyou Moique.
Matt Black what would be the most Christian parts of England?