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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-5,005 |
-12.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+14,700 |
154.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+3 |
-19,062 |
-14.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+134 |
18.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-512 |
-21.2% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+205 |
189.8% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-40 |
-0.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+213 |
1521.4% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+5,352 |
86.8% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-11 |
-9.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+392 |
9.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+210 |
57.5% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-235 |
-45.5% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,639 |
-17.7% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+173 |
34.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+900 |
18.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
20.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-45 |
-24.3% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3,493 |
-26.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3,599 |
-30.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-90 |
-61.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-540 |
-8.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3 |
8.1% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-173 |
-43.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,569 |
232.8% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+208 |
12.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-92 |
-13.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,354 |
-50.7% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-4.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-6 |
-4.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,168 |
-26.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-629 |
-31.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-2 |
-691 |
-23.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,843 |
-8.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,379 |
-66.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-4,837 |
-65.3% |
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Totals:
+16
| -25,407 |
-7.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 851,659; in 2000 it was 921,482. The total population changed 8.2%. The adherent totals for 1990 (350,396) represent 41.1% of the 1990 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 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 37 groups had 327,884 adherents in 1990 and 302,477 adherents in 2000, for a change of -7.7%
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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