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County Membership Report
Franklin County, Ohio
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 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+1,300 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+10 |
+15,238 |
4209.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+581 |
24.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+389 |
12.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+9 |
+1,821 |
17.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,252 |
20.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+1,797 |
70.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,700 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+4,280 |
n.a. |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+371 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+4,458 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+160 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-1,446 |
-19.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+22 |
3.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+459 |
1350.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+180 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+69 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+333 |
53.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+161 |
447.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,515 |
27.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+2,400 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,508 |
68.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+98 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-45 |
-25.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+2,787 |
40.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+202 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+455 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-7,135 |
-31.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-459 |
-68.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-869 |
-23.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-33 |
-32.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-14 |
-28.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+45 |
7.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+2,042 |
34.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+554 |
24.0% |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+32 |
107.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-181 |
-40.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+207 |
531.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+122 |
188.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+127 |
374.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-81 |
-38.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-394 |
-58.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,074 |
51.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-210 |
-17.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-382 |
-1.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+4,896 |
28.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-10,012 |
-18.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-18 |
+9,754 |
7.0% |
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Totals:
86
| +43,128 |
+12.9% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 869,132; in 2000 it was 1,068,978. The total population changed 11.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (337,903) represent 38.9% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (402,125) include 37.6% 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 334,803 adherents in 1980 and 377,931 adherents in 2000, for a change of 12.9%
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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