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U.S. Membership Report
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United States
Denominational Groups, 2000
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| 39,994,852 |
26,091,321 |
989,106 |
62,035,042 |
12,254,099 |
140,057,419 |
| Evangelical Protestant |
Mainline Protestant |
Orthodox |
Catholic |
Other |
Unclaimed |
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Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-486 |
+14,961,759 |
32.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2,246 |
+5,357,222 |
683.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6,061 |
+3,668,418 |
23.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4,882 |
+1,557,003 |
58.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1,084 |
+1,116,769 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2,498 |
+955,497 |
60.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+621 |
+935,168 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+761 |
+506,027 |
108.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+518 |
+427,659 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1,657 |
+381,459 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+282 |
+320,233 |
29.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+935 |
+268,830 |
41.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2,466 |
+254,170 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+728 |
+215,109 |
305.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+772 |
+207,073 |
191.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1,045 |
+188,668 |
119.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+665 |
+163,145 |
97.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+518 |
+123,329 |
104.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1,173 |
+101,921 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1,858 |
+91,106 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+197 |
+90,644 |
61.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+179 |
+80,207 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+370 |
+77,110 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+328 |
+65,210 |
30.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+161 |
+63,841 |
72.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+274 |
+59,049 |
17.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+394 |
+51,209 |
3.0% |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+302 |
+49,870 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+336 |
+42,204 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+128 |
+39,100 |
19.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
+17 |
+36,160 |
355.0% |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+18 |
+35,118 |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+83 |
+30,506 |
600.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+114 |
+28,612 |
19.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+405 |
+27,030 |
3.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+140 |
+24,904 |
96.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-72 |
+24,713 |
9.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+84 |
+23,980 |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+75 |
+20,000 |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+18,612 |
60.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+108 |
+17,833 |
125.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+104 |
+17,821 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+56 |
+17,201 |
n.a. |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+121 |
+16,127 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+154 |
+13,920 |
112.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+765 |
+12,878 |
15.0% |
| Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+99 |
+12,542 |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+123 |
+12,300 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+68 |
+11,863 |
73.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+85 |
+8,543 |
27.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+47 |
+8,454 |
16.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+38 |
+7,906 |
106.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+58 |
+7,866 |
45.0% |
| Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+7,078 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+12 |
+5,775 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+67 |
+5,453 |
n.a. |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+65 |
+5,289 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+111 |
+4,961 |
27.0% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+4,442 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+49 |
+4,384 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+38 |
+4,236 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+208 |
+3,681 |
2.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+3,594 |
62.0% |
| New Hope Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,772 |
n.a. |
| Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+2,756 |
n.a. |
| Moravian Church in America--Alaska Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+24 |
+2,562 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+2,061 |
45.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+115 |
+1,864 |
n.a. |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,731 |
42.0% |
| Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+1,705 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,514 |
53.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+168 |
+1,464 |
0.0% |
| Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,009 |
n.a. |
| Separate Baptists in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+870 |
9.0% |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+540 |
n.a. |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+395 |
n.a. |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+347 |
5.0% |
| Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+65 |
n.a. |
| General Six Principle Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+25 |
n.a. |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
-857 |
-15.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-899 |
-33.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
-1,188 |
-6.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-2,024 |
-11.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-6,626 |
-20.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-7,144 |
-60.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+10 |
-10,013 |
-42.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-49 |
-10,388 |
-12.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+311 |
-17,772 |
-14.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+77 |
-28,677 |
-25.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+17 |
-33,152 |
-9.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+42 |
-35,079 |
-17.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+424 |
-96,798 |
-4.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-103,053 |
-52.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-187 |
-143,262 |
-8.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-906 |
-185,930 |
-15.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-52 |
-252,733 |
-5.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+116 |
-286,307 |
-54.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-465 |
-384,164 |
-18.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+105 |
-486,972 |
-17.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1,509 |
-855,006 |
-21.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2,688 |
-1,172,612 |
-10.0% |
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Totals:
+32,002
| +28,803,815 |
+26.3% |
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The population of the United States in 1980 was 225,011,986; in 2000 it was 281,421,839. The total population changed 13.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (110,718,180) represent 49.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (141,364,420) include 50.2% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 101 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 101 groups had 109,362,507 adherents in 1980 and 138,166,322 adherents in 2000, for a change of 26.3%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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