Durham County, North Carolina
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 |
+4 |
+3,426 |
597.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+722 |
430.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+910 |
423.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+1,241 |
255.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+49 |
245.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+6,824 |
228.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+653 |
198.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+463 |
133.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+3,800 |
127.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+409 |
106.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+89 |
104.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+19 |
49.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+755 |
36.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,128 |
34.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+108 |
31.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+47 |
16.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+120 |
9.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+83 |
8.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
-107 |
0.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-2.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,331 |
-10.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-81 |
-45.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-173 |
-55.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-146 |
-61.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-777 |
-85.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+204 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+725 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+180 |
n.a. |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+222 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+512 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+291 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+46
| +20,325 |
+33.0% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 152,785; in 2000 it was 223,314. The total population changed 22.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (68,931) represent 45.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (87,815) include 39.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 32 groups had 61,530 adherents in 1980 and 81,855 adherents in 2000, for a change of 33.0%
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 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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