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Metro Area Membership Report
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA
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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-62 |
+248,822 |
8.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+88 |
+221,585 |
506.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+31 |
+38,748 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+37,227 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+87 |
+34,517 |
59.0% |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+22,785 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+21,493 |
100.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+39 |
+14,002 |
189.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+33 |
+8,728 |
66.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+7,863 |
46.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+7,444 |
48.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+6,925 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+3,818 |
38.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+13 |
+3,661 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+3,520 |
989.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+3,103 |
23.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,100 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-17 |
+3,010 |
46.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,745 |
15.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+2,617 |
96.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,551 |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,409 |
1585.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,016 |
20.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,688 |
496.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,543 |
177.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,442 |
74.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+735 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+665 |
225.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+659 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+655 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+636 |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+623 |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+619 |
133.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+500 |
170.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+400 |
109.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+382 |
n.a. |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+341 |
78.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+323 |
13.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+276 |
41.0% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+270 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+57 |
44.0% |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+49 |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+46 |
657.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+41 |
27.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+32 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+31 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+7 |
0.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-6 |
0.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-61.0% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-24 |
-32.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-71.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-43 |
-41.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-419 |
-13.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-502 |
-63.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
-1 |
-575 |
-68.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-1,328 |
-8.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,839 |
-13.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-1,983 |
-28.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-2,071 |
-16.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-2,565 |
-6.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2,669 |
-69.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-2,757 |
-38.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-4,204 |
-40.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-6,349 |
-57.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-8,690 |
-8.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-15,409 |
-27.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-24,793 |
-25.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-16 |
-27,195 |
-14.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-38,886 |
-20.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-17 |
-48,615 |
-27.0% |
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Totals:
+450
| +523,730 |
+11.9% |
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The population of these 13 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 8,114,876; in 2000 it was 9,157,540. The total population changed 11.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (4,439,410) represent 54.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (5,118,438) include 55.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 70 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 70 groups had 4,404,822 adherents in 1980 and 4,928,552 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.9%
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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