Albuquerque, NM 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
-1,829 |
-6.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+13 |
+70,812 |
39.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+13 |
+3,882 |
49.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,391 |
60.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+999 |
192.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,085 |
66.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+370 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+335 |
11.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-3,102 |
-20.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-190 |
-7.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+137 |
21.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+6,363 |
560.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+87 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+88 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+187 |
60.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+43 |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,533 |
148.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+82 |
39.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+711 |
n.a. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+98 |
6.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+142 |
36.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-427 |
-64.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+69 |
133.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+95 |
119.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+932 |
797.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+139 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-557 |
-8.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+14 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+12,000 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,500 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+241 |
162.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,683 |
27.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+148 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+44 |
48.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+15 |
6.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-822 |
-13.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-51 |
-60.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-305 |
-25.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+554 |
283.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-100 |
-73.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+553 |
22.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-467 |
-22.0% |
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Totals:
+99
| +99,482 |
+35.5% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 485,267; in 2000 it was 712,738. The total population changed 21.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (280,014) represent 57.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (383,598) include 53.8% 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 279,870 adherents in 1980 and 379,352 adherents in 2000, for a change of 35.5%
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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