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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 |
% Change |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
-6,401 |
-26.3% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+3,236 |
56.5% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-3,478 |
-41.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+3,925 |
261.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+746 |
11.6% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+737 |
387.9% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+396 |
77.5% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+390 |
357.8% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,718 |
25.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,304 |
20.9% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+623 |
6.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+313 |
67.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+67 |
51.9% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+247 |
16.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+319 |
89.1% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-56 |
-40.6% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
0 |
+258 |
165.4% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+42 |
27.8% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-245 |
-70.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
18.2% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-42 |
-67.7% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-10 |
-8.5% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-180 |
-12.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+338 |
5.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-667 |
-31.9% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+222 |
124.7% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2,677 |
-6.1% |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
1.2% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-15.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-241 |
-8.7% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+4 |
1.4% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+134 |
17.1% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+206 |
29.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,929 |
140.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-119 |
-17.1% |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-26 |
-15.5% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-6,285 |
-69.4% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+10 |
9.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-621 |
-40.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+148 |
11.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,130 |
43.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-2,761 |
-12.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+953 |
40.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-6,658 |
-20.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-854 |
-4.2% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-3 |
-11,380 |
-1.3% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-193 |
-16.3% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-5,020 |
-5.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+2,061 |
19.4% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-532 |
-32.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-474 |
-41.7% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
+1,006 |
5.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-256 |
-44.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-5,231 |
-11.3% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-12,735 |
-31.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-7,095 |
-18.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-11,973 |
-19.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-14 |
+13,955 |
19.4% |
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Totals:
-34
| -49,806 |
-3.3% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (1,665,861) represent 58.3% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,507,414) include 51.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 58 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 58 groups had 1,493,976 adherents in 1990 and 1,444,170 adherents in 2000, for a change of -3.3%
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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