Bakersfield, CA 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 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+6,237 |
261.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+7 |
+2,191 |
18.8% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,418 |
13.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,667 |
88.9% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+346 |
692.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+129 |
29.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+378 |
21.3% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-15 |
-7.4% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+93,455 |
124.6% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+324 |
27.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+105 |
29.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+349 |
8.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-671 |
-15.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+3 |
1.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-707 |
-15.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-219 |
-2.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+147 |
31.9% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-291 |
-21.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-51 |
-26.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+92 |
4.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+142 |
6.5% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-523 |
-18.6% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+11 |
36.7% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
8.2% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
7.1% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-45 |
-40.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+420 |
71.7% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-189 |
-45.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+524 |
15.7% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-5 |
-4.3% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+179 |
102.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+200 |
14.3% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-344 |
-47.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-10 |
-11.8% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,387 |
-24.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,648 |
-26.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+90 |
40.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-406 |
-33.9% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+1,019 |
40.1% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-3,495 |
-83.7% |
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Totals:
+17
| +102,443 |
+56.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 543,477; in 2000 it was 661,645. The total population changed 21.7%. The adherent totals for 1990 (190,667) represent 35.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (288,811) include 43.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 40 groups had 181,853 adherents in 1990 and 284,296 adherents in 2000, for a change of 56.3%
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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