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Metro Area Membership Report
Atlanta, GA 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 |
+110 |
+97,810 |
17.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+6,633 |
105.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+18 |
+7,986 |
56.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+3,441 |
11.8% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+21,262 |
32.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+4,852 |
36.5% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+10 |
+136,654 |
101.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,408 |
194.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,073 |
36.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,213 |
12.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+6,115 |
31.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+1,169 |
12.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+674 |
22.8% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+69 |
32.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+46,910 |
20.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+675 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+626 |
12.8% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+9,816 |
96.6% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+7,407 |
100.8% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-528 |
-32.2% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+119 |
98.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+644 |
69.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+6,461 |
17.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+5,638 |
8.6% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-51 |
-2.4% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+47 |
90.4% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-2 |
-1.7% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-60 |
-16.9% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,878 |
163.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,748 |
258.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+486 |
63.6% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+18,673 |
48.5% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
12.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+95 |
23.8% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+153 |
566.7% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-6.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-28 |
-23.5% |
| New Hope Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-152 |
-7.6% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-1.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-343 |
-17.9% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-71 |
-56.3% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+163 |
114.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+22 |
1.5% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-119 |
-42.7% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+13,210 |
50.1% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
+7,398 |
30.4% |
| Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
-1,910 |
-22.7% |
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Totals:
+256
| +411,264 |
+30.3% |
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The population of these 20 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,959,950; in 2000 it was 4,112,198. The total population changed 38.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,584,239) represent 53.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,825,766) include 44.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 47 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 47 groups had 1,355,149 adherents in 1990 and 1,766,413 adherents in 2000, for a change of 30.3%
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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