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Metro Area Membership Report
Cleveland-Akron, OH 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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
294 |
862,422 |
292.8 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
209 |
91,746 |
31.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
123 |
50,989 |
17.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
88 |
41,325 |
14.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
87 |
41,257 |
14.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
75 |
17,921 |
6.1 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
73 |
26,176 |
8.9 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
71 |
19,557 |
6.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
66 |
31,927 |
10.8 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
65 |
4,922 |
1.7 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
55 |
21,233 |
7.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
53 |
20,203 |
6.9 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
53 |
12,767 |
4.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
48 |
6,542 |
2.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
48 |
85,805 |
29.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
47 |
12,664 |
4.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
41 |
8,965 |
3.0 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
9,622 |
3.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
7,553 |
2.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
8,600 |
2.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
3,717 |
1.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
5,429 |
1.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
22 |
7,161 |
2.4 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
17 |
22,154 |
7.5 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
16 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
14 |
1,427 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
28,090 |
9.5 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
3,337 |
1.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
990 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
11 |
2,530 |
0.9 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,128 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
9 |
2,712 |
0.9 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
9 |
626 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,220 |
0.4 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
917 |
0.3 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
907 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
320 |
0.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,770 |
0.9 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
82 |
0.0 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
780 |
0.3 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
6 |
7,800 |
2.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
927 |
0.3 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,142 |
0.4 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
917 |
0.3 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
6 |
2,664 |
0.9 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,477 |
0.5 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
988 |
0.3 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
662 |
0.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
499 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
677 |
0.2 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,579 |
0.5 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
212 |
0.1 |
| National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
944 |
0.3 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,026 |
0.4 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,714 |
0.6 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
577 |
0.2 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
3 |
2,144 |
0.7 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
3 |
2,078 |
0.7 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
108 |
0.0 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
196 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
292 |
0.1 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
122 |
0.0 |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,169 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese |
Orthodox |
2 |
432 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
508 |
0.2 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
118 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
931 |
0.3 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
2 |
414 |
0.1 |
| Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
560 |
0.2 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
52 |
0.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
20 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
193 |
0.1 |
| Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
600 |
0.2 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
400 |
0.1 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
216 |
0.1 |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
86 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
200 |
0.1 |
| Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
420 |
0.1 |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
142 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
176 |
0.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
3,307 |
1.1 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
105 |
0.0 |
| Old Order Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
76 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 1,988 |
1,507,414 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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1,891,360 |
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The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,859,644; in 2000 it was 2,945,831. The total population changed 3.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,507,414) include 51.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,891,360) include 64.2% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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