San Bernardino County, California
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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+234,136 |
110.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-340 |
-3.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,690 |
103.7% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+226 |
113.6% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-197 |
-12.8% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+46 |
3.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,102 |
32.9% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,063 |
-30.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+91 |
12.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+127 |
11.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+217 |
85.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,304 |
40.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-31 |
-0.8% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3 |
2.7% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-497 |
-18.8% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,123 |
94.4% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+16,225 |
511.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+6,650 |
168.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
-1,712 |
-35.5% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+469 |
92.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-855 |
-11.5% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+76 |
35.8% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-109 |
-52.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-61 |
-48.4% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-37 |
-4.5% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-77 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+473 |
84.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-2,500 |
-8.7% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+6,673 |
14.8% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-108 |
-49.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-150 |
-34.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+3,322 |
40.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+146 |
7.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-497 |
-11.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,864 |
-27.6% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-89 |
-67.4% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,781 |
1245.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-2,451 |
-27.1% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-278 |
-19.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-911 |
-30.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3,484 |
-34.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
-1,596 |
-4.1% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
-3,175 |
-51.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+41 |
21.9% |
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Totals:
+71
| +254,839 |
+58.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,418,380; in 2000 it was 1,709,434. The total population changed 20.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (471,354) represent 33.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (717,905) include 42.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 44 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 44 groups had 436,837 adherents in 1990 and 691,676 adherents in 2000, for a change of 58.3%
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 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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