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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+7 |
+1,584 |
80.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+280 |
51.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+822 |
325.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,190 |
50.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+280 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+144 |
50.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+525 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+192 |
3200.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+27 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+267 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+109 |
1090.0% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+193 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+484 |
32.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+224 |
128.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+205 |
85.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+388 |
40.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+92 |
25.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-75 |
-35.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+845 |
469.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+108 |
68.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-222 |
-29.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-231 |
-73.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-496 |
-23.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-68 |
-5.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-59 |
-31.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+148 |
99.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+269 |
272.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+132 |
15.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+78 |
23.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-179 |
-20.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+8,379 |
171.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+21 |
3.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-305 |
-8.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+628 |
14.0% |
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Totals:
+26
| +15,979 |
+52.8% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 106,701; in 2000 it was 166,814. The total population changed 30.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (31,101) represent 29.1% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 34 groups had 30,241 adherents in 1980 and 46,220 adherents in 2000, for a change of 52.8%
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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