Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+9,464 |
7.2% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,109 |
15.8% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+956 |
59.3% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+807 |
324.1% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+650 |
40.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+307 |
168.7% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+225 |
107.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+219 |
28.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+140 |
61.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+131 |
133.7% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+129 |
55.8% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+124 |
37.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+70 |
184.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+70 |
17.5% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+65 |
48.1% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
66.7% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+12 |
6.1% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
2.6% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
-0.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-41 |
-15.6% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-44 |
-46.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-48 |
-45.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-63 |
-14.3% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-131 |
-4.2% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-137 |
-22.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-234 |
-9.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-348 |
-10.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-366 |
-1.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-506 |
-5.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-872 |
-2.8% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,108 |
-12.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+4
| +11,609 |
+4.9% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 315,121; in 2000 it was 358,365. The total population changed 13.7%. The adherent totals for 1990 (238,295) represent 75.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (250,900) include 70.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 31 groups had 236,931 adherents in 1990 and 248,540 adherents in 2000, for a change of 4.9%
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 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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