Colorado Springs, CO MSA
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 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+939 |
3612.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+258 |
363.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+799 |
299.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,168 |
210.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+259 |
201.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+286 |
201.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+98 |
196.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+755 |
189.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+974 |
185.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+15 |
+6,737 |
142.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,270 |
113.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+5 |
+27,905 |
92.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+756 |
89.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,557 |
67.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+74 |
61.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,099 |
57.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,406 |
51.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+2,647 |
44.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+5,865 |
40.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,360 |
39.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+2,085 |
33.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+937 |
33.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+174 |
30.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+78 |
23.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+457 |
12.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+88 |
5.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-13 |
-3.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-890 |
-8.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-459 |
-10.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-26 |
-22.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-979 |
-46.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-88 |
-48.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-72.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-403 |
-74.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-269 |
-84.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+28 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+17,000 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+6,400 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+231 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+50 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+857 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+45 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+665 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+103
| +82,156 |
+77.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 309,424; in 2000 it was 516,929. The total population changed 30.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (107,116) represent 34.6% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (191,791) include 37.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 44 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 44 groups had 105,718 adherents in 1980 and 187,874 adherents in 2000, for a change of 77.7%
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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