Bellingham, WA 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 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+4,141 |
420.8% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+669 |
23.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+175 |
26.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+186 |
1550.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-520 |
-65.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+704 |
189.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+385 |
106.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+52 |
13.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+225 |
75.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+423 |
27.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-10.4% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+37 |
35.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-95 |
-19.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+20 |
4.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+805 |
365.9% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+117 |
9.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-485 |
-12.5% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-78 |
-47.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
8.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-28 |
-3.7% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+29 |
17.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+122 |
11.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+126 |
73.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+41 |
10.1% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+119 |
47.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+35 |
3.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-221 |
-11.6% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+3,040 |
29.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+48 |
12.8% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-20 |
-14.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+82 |
2.3% |
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Totals:
+18
| +10,074 |
+28.4% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 127,780; in 2000 it was 166,814. The total population changed 30.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (36,414) represent 28.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (48,995) include 29.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 31 groups had 35,482 adherents in 1990 and 45,556 adherents in 2000, for a change of 28.4%
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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