Kent County, Michigan
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 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+4,527 |
n.a. |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-1,352 |
-11.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+9,690 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,065 |
74.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-220 |
-24.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+589 |
342.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+9,350 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+1,542 |
174.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+693 |
49.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+186 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+816 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+4,105 |
181.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-30 |
-5.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-160 |
-39.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+720 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,173 |
-14.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+236 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+974 |
118.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+810 |
104.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+15 |
38.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+770 |
307.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-25 |
-2.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+304 |
43.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-791 |
-34.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,370 |
93.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-303 |
-67.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8,858 |
22.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3,271 |
-31.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+129 |
107.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-36.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+6 |
15.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+437 |
950.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+236 |
91.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-769 |
-67.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4 |
-6.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-78 |
-10.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+44 |
4.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-246 |
-19.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-757 |
-11.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+449 |
197.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-258 |
-5.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-4,128 |
-19.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,298 |
-30.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-7 |
+29,847 |
35.0% |
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Totals:
+41
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+29.1% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 444,506; in 2000 it was 574,335. The total population changed 14.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (219,202) represent 49.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (303,574) include 52.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 45 groups had 216,183 adherents in 1980 and 279,090 adherents in 2000, for a change of 29.1%
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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