Pinellas County, Florida
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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+21,127 |
688.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+19,977 |
22.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+7,275 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+4,816 |
72.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+4,636 |
118.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,951 |
105.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,570 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,315 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,236 |
37.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+867 |
63.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+787 |
68.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+676 |
43.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+433 |
1.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+418 |
697.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+249 |
35.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+227 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+205 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+191 |
157.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+173 |
160.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+169 |
228.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+109 |
17.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+96 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+93 |
194.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
10.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+77 |
18.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-38 |
-40.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-67 |
-39.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-123 |
-47.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-204 |
-25.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-365 |
-16.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-451 |
-44.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-456 |
-67.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-930 |
-58.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,122 |
-15.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,132 |
-45.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,371 |
-42.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-2,529 |
-79.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,806 |
-25.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-4,178 |
-9.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-4,514 |
-27.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-6,047 |
-38.0% |
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Totals:
+62
| 43,495 |
+16.2% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 728,531; in 2000 it was 921,482. The total population changed 8.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (271,210) represent 37.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (324,314) include 35.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 268,431 adherents in 1980 and 311,926 adherents in 2000, for a change of 16.2%
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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