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County Membership Report
Multnomah County, Oregon
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 |
+16,438 |
574.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,491 |
478.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+629 |
158.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+422 |
84.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+4,032 |
76.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,004 |
76.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
+58,933 |
65.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+467 |
55.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+458 |
33.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+24 |
24.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,341 |
24.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+124 |
10.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-8 |
-1.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-128 |
-2.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
-1,088 |
-10.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-27 |
-19.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-653 |
-20.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,841 |
-23.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-1,573 |
-26.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-4,095 |
-27.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-377 |
-29.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-4,126 |
-34.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-35.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,293 |
-37.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-2,367 |
-37.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-4,461 |
-43.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-2,554 |
-44.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4,027 |
-45.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-314 |
-48.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-1,927 |
-49.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-307 |
-50.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,682 |
-57.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-60.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-710 |
-64.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,169 |
-69.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,150 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+32 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+10,850 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,158 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+450 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+257 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+135 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+125 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+427 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+2,598 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+53
| +70,744 |
+31.6% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 562,640; in 2000 it was 660,486. The total population changed 13.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (227,234) represent 40.4% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (301,893) include 45.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 46 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 46 groups had 223,790 adherents in 1980 and 294,534 adherents in 2000, for a change of 31.6%
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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