Allen County, Indiana
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 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+151 |
264.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,461 |
212.5% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,423 |
67.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+1,497 |
55.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+159 |
47.3% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+148 |
46.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+321 |
44.2% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+297 |
35.4% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+184 |
25.7% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+46 |
23.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+344 |
20.6% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+679 |
16.3% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
14.9% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
+6,680 |
13.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+4 |
9.5% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+3 |
4.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+40 |
4.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+8 |
3.2% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+69 |
1.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+7 |
1.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-30 |
-0.1% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-6 |
-1.5% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-110 |
-7.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,162 |
-8.5% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
-93 |
-9.5% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-129 |
-13.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-135 |
-13.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,408 |
-13.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-252 |
-15.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-44 |
-16.2% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-161 |
-16.7% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-869 |
-24.1% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,279 |
-27.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-49 |
-32.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-622 |
-36.5% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,450 |
-56.6% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-957 |
-58.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-512 |
-78.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-61 |
-91.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+61 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+6
| +2,260 |
+1.5% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 300,836; in 2000 it was 331,849. The total population changed 10.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (165,657) represent 55.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (166,540) include 50.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 40 groups had 154,832 adherents in 1990 and 157,092 adherents in 2000, for a change of 1.5%
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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