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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 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+618 |
429.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+3,717 |
358.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+170 |
309.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+2,913 |
264.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+6,482 |
257.2% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,295 |
205.9% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,116 |
152.7% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+158 |
109.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+479 |
93.2% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+607 |
92.7% |
| 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% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+178 |
36.4% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,825 |
33.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+90 |
32.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,169 |
28.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+4,509 |
24.9% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+277 |
20.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+533 |
18.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,855 |
15.2% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+1,367 |
11.6% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-13 |
+228,416 |
8.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+424 |
7.2% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+455 |
6.6% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+6 |
3.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-27 |
-0.1% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-4 |
-7,110 |
-2.7% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-7,390 |
-6.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-6,300 |
-9.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-19,246 |
-17.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-21 |
-13,676 |
-21.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-3,014 |
-24.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-10 |
-8,947 |
-26.5% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-28.9% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-226 |
-34.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-775 |
-35.9% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-37.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,774 |
-44.8% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-2,364 |
-47.9% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-800 |
-57.1% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,855 |
-58.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-11,806 |
-77.4% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| 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. |
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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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