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Billings, MT MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

17,851 16,042 103 22,744 6,091 66,521
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
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -15 -30.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +1 -402 -52.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 0 +280 30.0%
Catholic Church Catholic +1 +399 2.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 -212 -38.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 -347 -39.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +138 226.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 0 n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 -73 -79.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +2 +58 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +11 +2,124 67.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -1 -199 -38.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +95 39.0%
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant -1 -53 -26.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +1 -356 -25.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +43 253.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 +1,057 16.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant +1 +27 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +325 n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 +4,975 4012.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +190 173.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +2 +391 14.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +2 +20 n.a.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +278 1635.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -503 -38.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +61 40.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +208 65.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +10 +2,386 184.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +26 36.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -1 -1,247 -32.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +2 -1,020 -25.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +3 +359 n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -32 -10.0%
  Totals: +40 +8,981 +17.2%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 108,035; in 2000 it was 129,352. The total population changed 14.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (52,569) represent 48.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (62,831) include 48.6% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 52,118 adherents in 1980 and 61,099 adherents in 2000, for a change of 17.2%

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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