Bergen County, New Jersey
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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+32 |
+71,237 |
572.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+5 |
+26,982 |
6.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+5,682 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,871 |
283.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,018 |
4627.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+673 |
209.0% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+634 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+525 |
138.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+500 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+380 |
68.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+349 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+335 |
12.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+200 |
10.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+139 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+109 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+79 |
10.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+60 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+56 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+19 |
12.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
19.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-31.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-41 |
-8.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-50 |
-7.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-75 |
-50.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-134 |
-69.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-268 |
-67.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-287 |
-57.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-518 |
-13.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-1,466 |
-13.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,575 |
-43.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,470 |
-44.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+2 |
-6,071 |
-65.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+9 |
-6,220 |
-40.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-6,517 |
-43.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-8,090 |
-47.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-9,021 |
-46.0% |
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Totals:
+99
| +68,049 |
+11.8% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 845,385; in 2000 it was 884,118. The total population changed 7.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (587,459) represent 69.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (664,191) include 75.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 36 groups had 578,376 adherents in 1980 and 646,425 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.8%
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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