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