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 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,257 |
412.1% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+818 |
255.6% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+6,650 |
246.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
137.5% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+29 |
87.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,306 |
84.9% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+1,108 |
83.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+20 |
80.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+289 |
74.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+98 |
71.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+710 |
65.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,489 |
49.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+319 |
45.4% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+137 |
38.2% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+28,581 |
33.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
25.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+95 |
15.4% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+326 |
14.9% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+5,500 |
12.7% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+60 |
6.4% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+28 |
2.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-4 |
-0.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-176 |
-5.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-646 |
-5.8% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-24 |
-5.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-728 |
-8.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-686 |
-12.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-939 |
-12.8% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-1,460 |
-13.1% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-173 |
-14.4% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-3,105 |
-15.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-79 |
-24.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,641 |
-26.3% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-94 |
-27.3% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-2,652 |
-29.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-62 |
-29.5% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-641 |
-44.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,298 |
-64.9% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+5
| +33,472 |
+14.0% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 500,631; in 2000 it was 574,335. The total population changed 14.7%. The adherent totals for 1990 (258,043) represent 51.5% of the 1990 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 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 38 groups had 239,829 adherents in 1990 and 273,301 adherents in 2000, for a change of 14.0%
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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