Editing Montgomery County, Maryland (section)

===Religion===
Montgomery County is religiously diverse. In 2010, Montgomery County's population, according to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]], was 13% [[Catholic]], 5% [[Baptist]], 4% [[Evangelical Protestant]], 3% [[American Jews|Jewish]], 3% [[Methodist]]/[[Pietist]], 2% [[Adventist]], 2% [[Presbyterian]], 1% [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]]/[[Anglican]], 1% [[Mormon]], 1% [[Muslim]], 1% [[Lutheran]], 1% [[Eastern Orthodox]], 1% [[Pentecostal]], 1% [[Buddhist]], and 1% [[Hindu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=County Membership Report: Montgomery County, Maryland: Religious Traditions, 2010 |work=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028183432/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/c/24/rcms2010_24031_county_name_2010.asp |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/c/24/rcms2010_24031_county_name_2010.asp}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|These figures count adherents, meaning all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. In all of Montgomery County, 40% of the population is adherent to any particular religion.|group=N}}

In 2020, Montgomery County's congregation members, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives, was 27.7% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 8.7% [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestant]], 6.1% [[Mainline Protestant]], 3.1% [[Muslims|Muslim]], 2.5% [[Jews|Jewish]], 1.2% [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saints]], 1.1% [[Hindus]], 0.8% [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 0.8% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]], 0.7% [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]], 0.4% [[Black church|Black Protestant]], 0.3% Other [[Christians|Christian]], and 0.1% Other.

Montgomery County was named the most religiously diverse county in the United States in 2023 by the [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s census.<ref name=":0" /> Counties were given a diversity index between 0 and 1, with 0 signifying no diversity, and 1 signifying complete diversity. Montgomery County earned a .886, higher than the national average of .615.

The [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] maintains its [[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists|General Conference]] headquarters in Silver Spring in Montgomery County.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact |work=Seventh-Day Adventist Church |access-date=August 24, 2014 |url=http://www.adventist.org/utility/contact/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831224448/http://www.adventist.org/utility/contact/ |archive-date=August 31, 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

According to the 2020 [[Association of Religion Data Archives|ARDA]] census, there are 776 religious congregations. Their tradition and adherents are listed below, however not all religious bodies reported their adherents, so they are estimates.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Tradition
!Congregations
!Adherents
|-
|[[Black church|Black Protestant]]
|19
|4,102
|-
|[[Buddhism|Buddhist]]
|20
|8,489
|-
|[[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
|40
|293,819
|-
|[[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestant]]
|504
|92,292
|-
|[[Hinduism|Hindu]]
|18
|11,493
|-
|[[Islam]]
|12
|33,394
|-
|[[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]]
|29
|7,442
|-
|[[Judaism]]
|47
|26,465
|-
|[[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saints]]
|21
|12,390
|-
|[[Mainline Protestant|Mainline Protestants]]
|171
|64,508
|-
|[[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Christians]]
|19
|8,374
|-
|Others ([[Jainism|Jain]], [[Sikhism|Sikh]], [[Baháʼí Faith|Baha'i]], [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]])
|16
|978
|-
|Other [[Christians]]
|13
|3,226
|}
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