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Denominational Groups, 2000

135,700 44,985 670 19,637 6,074 270,375
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents % Change
Catholic Church Catholic 0 +6,947 55.0%
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +44 232.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +6 +1,010 184.0%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +319 399.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -83 -56.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -218 -30.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 -372 -67.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -3 +1,999 65.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +2 +98 n.a.
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +1 -257 -20.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +2 +737 51.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +5 +4,100 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +4 +3,200 n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 -145 -81.0%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +7 +1,466 159.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +12 2.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +3 +265 n.a.
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +7 +2,641 206.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -51 -10.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +303 34.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +24 +14,583 16.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +210 n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +151 408.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 0 -36 -5.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -2 -739 -44.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +2 +536 9.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 +580 15.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 +8 36.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 -843 -13.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +2 +1,592 6.0%
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +41 205.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +402 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +2 +1,435 100.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +1 +709 88.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +4 2.0%
  Totals: +70 +40,648 +24.9%

The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 363,446; in 2000 it was 477,441. The total population changed 15.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (165,526) represent 45.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (207,066) include 43.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 35 groups had 163,068 adherents in 1980 and 203,716 adherents in 2000, for a change of 24.9%

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 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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