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 |
-3 |
+31,294 |
28.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+3,244 |
27.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,344 |
1042.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,250 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,417 |
91.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+991 |
1525.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+705 |
247.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+630 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+435 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+360 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+342 |
1.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+334 |
954.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+274 |
148.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+228 |
94.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+217 |
80.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+184 |
1150.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+139 |
154.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+120 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+108 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+63 |
25.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+39 |
244.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+38 |
21.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+36 |
257.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+34 |
0.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+25 |
6.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
0.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-133 |
-70.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-336 |
-47.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-486 |
-18.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-722 |
-20.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,104 |
-12.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-1,691 |
-5.0% |
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Totals:
+24
| +41,378 |
+20.0% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 291,369; in 2000 it was 358,365. The total population changed 13.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (207,538) represent 71.2% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 32 groups had 207,282 adherents in 1980 and 248,660 adherents in 2000, for a change of 20.0%
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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