Stark 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 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+16,070 |
n.a. |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+11,266 |
17.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,450 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,750 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+2,169 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+913 |
50.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+807 |
30.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+677 |
195.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+449 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+400 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+310 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+256 |
192.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+240 |
14.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+222 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+210 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+202 |
97.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+162 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+133 |
23.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+93 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+91 |
6.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+58 |
6.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
+48 |
6.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+39 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+13 |
38.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-13 |
-6.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-83 |
-49.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-84 |
-19.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-178 |
-86.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-222 |
-58.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-225 |
-43.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-263 |
-56.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-350 |
-22.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-474 |
-26.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-634 |
-19.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-636 |
-6.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,144 |
-34.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,289 |
-44.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,099 |
-15.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-2,377 |
-66.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-5,087 |
-48.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-5,789 |
-37.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-6,066 |
-21.0% |
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Totals:
50
| +14,015 |
+7.9% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 378,823; in 2000 it was 378,098. The total population changed 2.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (177,222) represent 46.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (196,471) include 52.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 176,291 adherents in 1980 and 190,306 adherents in 2000, for a change of 7.9%
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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