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County Membership Report
Maricopa County, Arizona
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
88 |
325,438 |
153.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
260 |
115,080 |
54.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
102 |
90,877 |
42.8 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
17 |
50,000 |
23.6 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
52 |
38,723 |
18.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
50 |
37,538 |
17.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
78 |
30,347 |
14.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
27,150 |
12.8 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
20,059 |
9.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
41 |
19,617 |
9.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
16,495 |
7.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
26 |
15,191 |
7.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
15,071 |
7.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
38 |
14,128 |
6.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
12,432 |
5.9 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
27 |
10,331 |
4.9 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
47 |
8,581 |
4.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
8,484 |
4.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
6,129 |
2.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
5,368 |
2.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
2,989 |
1.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,901 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
2,164 |
1.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,066 |
1.0 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,837 |
0.9 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,564 |
0.7 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
1,382 |
0.7 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,282 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,205 |
0.6 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,154 |
0.5 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,108 |
0.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,012 |
0.5 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
857 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
801 |
0.4 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
769 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
738 |
0.4 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
718 |
0.3 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
565 |
0.3 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
504 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
488 |
0.2 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
446 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
350 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
337 |
0.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
310 |
0.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
238 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
237 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
223 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
211 |
0.1 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
165 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
147 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
142 |
0.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
121 |
0.1 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
136 |
0.1 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
87 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
43 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.0 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.0 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
11 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
16 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
11 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 1,266 |
896,620 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 2,122,101. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (896,620) include 42.3% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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