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Metro Area Membership Report
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA
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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+106 |
+223,831 |
601.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-46 |
+110,875 |
4.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+39 |
+44,328 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+57 |
+10,898 |
93.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+31 |
+10,787 |
163.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+60 |
+9,677 |
278.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+9,250 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+6,215 |
79.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+5,383 |
211.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+4,895 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+4,716 |
12092.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+3,550 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+3,540 |
48.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3,346 |
500.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+2,712 |
223.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
+2,571 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+2,102 |
154.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+1,917 |
126.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+1,656 |
867.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+1,421 |
24.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,179 |
29.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+993 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+966 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+743 |
3910.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+670 |
113.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+465 |
375.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+383 |
30.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+262 |
655.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+230 |
7.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+225 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+140 |
5.0% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+125 |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+115 |
21.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+104 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+98 |
2.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+86 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-80 |
-1.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-143 |
-72.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-315 |
-66.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-640 |
-60.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-655 |
-32.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
-1,199 |
-67.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,286 |
-5.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-1,754 |
-16.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-19 |
-3,621 |
-13.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-5,165 |
-53.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-8,719 |
-13.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-19 |
-15,638 |
-12.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-20,175 |
-29.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-36,390 |
-29.0% |
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Totals:
+447
| +374,674 |
+10.9% |
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The population of these 10 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 5,336,186; in 2000 it was 6,057,826. The total population changed 6.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (3,437,697) represent 64.4% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,882,498) include 64.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 50 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 50 groups had 3,423,777 adherents in 1980 and 3,798,451 adherents in 2000, for a change of 10.9%
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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