Oakland 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 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
+2,591 |
939.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+25 |
+65,383 |
553.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,676 |
120.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+408 |
109.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+330 |
84.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,620 |
81.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+11 |
+110,727 |
58.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+703 |
48.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+30 |
43.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+1,183 |
42.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+97 |
29.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+239 |
21.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,578 |
11.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+67 |
9.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+317 |
7.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+16 |
7.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+58 |
1.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-3 |
0.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-1,556 |
-5.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,439 |
-9.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-339 |
-10.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-195 |
-10.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-159 |
-12.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-547 |
-17.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-18 |
-29.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,037 |
-31.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-8,227 |
-32.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-6,762 |
-41.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-1,058 |
-41.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-69 |
-42.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,938 |
-43.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-48.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-217 |
-48.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-585 |
-55.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,436 |
-56.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-112 |
-64.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-1,821 |
-75.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+548 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+90 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+44 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,824 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,550 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+7,180 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+712 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+450 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+385 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+492 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+125 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,633 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+84
| +180,503 |
+48.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,011,793; in 2000 it was 1,194,156. The total population changed 10.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (372,186) represent 36.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (576,627) include 48.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 49 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 49 groups had 370,848 adherents in 1980 and 551,351 adherents in 2000, for a change of 48.7%
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 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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