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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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+1,367 |
11.6% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+4,509 |
24.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+4,086 |
59.1% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+1,395 |
55.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+16 |
+5,585 |
47.3% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,825 |
33.7% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+3,717 |
358.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,855 |
15.2% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+6,482 |
257.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+618 |
429.2% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,295 |
205.9% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,169 |
28.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+178 |
36.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+607 |
92.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,116 |
152.7% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+277 |
20.2% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+455 |
6.6% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+158 |
109.7% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-11,806 |
-77.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,855 |
-58.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+90 |
32.5% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-28.9% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-37.3% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-800 |
-57.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+170 |
309.1% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+6 |
3.9% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-19,246 |
-17.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+424 |
7.2% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-226 |
-34.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+2,913 |
264.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-27 |
-0.1% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-775 |
-35.9% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,774 |
-44.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+479 |
93.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-4 |
-7,110 |
-2.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+533 |
18.1% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-3,014 |
-24.6% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-2,364 |
-47.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-6,300 |
-9.5% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-10 |
-8,947 |
-26.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-7,390 |
-6.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-13 |
+228,416 |
8.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-21 |
-13,676 |
-21.9% |
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Totals:
+84
| +182,318 |
+5.1% |
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The population of these 10 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,685,998; in 2000 it was 6,057,826. The total population changed 6.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (3,631,095) represent 63.9% of the 1990 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 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 43 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 43 groups had 3,555,406 adherents in 1990 and 3,737,724 adherents in 2000, for a change of 5.1%
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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