Anchorage County, Alaska
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+28 |
1400.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,701 |
277.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+473 |
254.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+297 |
152.3% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+125 |
113.6% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
100.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+62 |
70.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+241 |
60.3% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+123 |
51.5% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+85 |
51.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+449 |
47.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+25 |
47.2% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+2,592 |
46.2% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+6,499 |
39.3% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+76 |
33.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+320 |
29.2% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
+1,035 |
28.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+295 |
22.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+330 |
19.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+761 |
19.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+975 |
19.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+231 |
12.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+90 |
9.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
3.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+20 |
2.2% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-190 |
-7.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-203 |
-11.5% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-31 |
-18.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-16 |
-21.1% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-84 |
-23.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-5,423 |
-31.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-185 |
-54.7% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-90 |
-62.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,600 |
-64.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Alaska Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-118 |
-86.1% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+2,300 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+25
| +11,214 |
+15.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 226,338; in 2000 it was 260,283. The total population changed 15.0%. The adherent totals for 1990 (75,837) represent 33.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (96,871) include 37.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 36 groups had 71,454 adherents in 1990 and 82,668 adherents in 2000, for a change of 15.7%
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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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