Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
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 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+320 |
262.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+91 |
245.9% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+638 |
145.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+370 |
85.1% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+87 |
70.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+945 |
67.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+46 |
56.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+339 |
43.4% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+300 |
36.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+292 |
29.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+586 |
28.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+495 |
26.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+7 |
24.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+243 |
10.2% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-22 |
+17,369 |
5.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+871 |
4.9% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+19 |
3.1% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
1.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-13 |
-4.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-319 |
-6.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,185 |
-7.1% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-18 |
-8.8% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-16 |
-10.7% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-214 |
-12.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-61 |
-13.5% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,952 |
-15.1% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,039 |
-15.4% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-112 |
-15.8% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-32 |
-16.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-206 |
-17.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-7,559 |
-17.9% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-37 |
-18.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,356 |
-19.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,984 |
-25.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-420 |
-27.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-26 |
-55.3% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-50 |
-55.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-354 |
-61.1% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-390 |
-65.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-18
| +2,677 |
+.6% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 861,424; in 2000 it was 875,583. The total population changed 1.6%. The adherent totals for 1990 (490,594) represent 57.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (490,449) include 56.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 39 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 39 groups had 478,118 adherents in 1990 and 480,795 adherents in 2000, for a change of .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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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