Columbus, OH 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+61,151 |
44.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+5,396 |
127.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+4,201 |
223.8% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+7 |
+2,152 |
39.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,982 |
5.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+1,790 |
5.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,128 |
49.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+1,031 |
5.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+843 |
133.6% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+751 |
18.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+647 |
5.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+577 |
3.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+468 |
1872.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+279 |
5.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+271 |
6.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+219 |
4.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+125 |
18.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+103 |
85.8% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
38.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+63 |
35.6% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+61 |
41.8% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+53 |
11.6% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+26 |
14.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+24 |
13.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+24 |
2.7% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
2.8% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-9.8% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-27 |
-17.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-52 |
-31.9% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-75 |
-35.5% |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-92 |
-16.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-114 |
-36.3% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-288 |
-19.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-357 |
-28.8% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-374 |
-83.1% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
-456 |
-2.7% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-610 |
-76.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-761 |
-9.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-795 |
-14.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-810 |
-5.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-811 |
-57.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-876 |
-20.7% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-2,125 |
-48.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-4,536 |
-15.3% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-5,375 |
-66.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-10,711 |
-11.9% |
| 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: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-12
| +54,222 |
+11.4% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,345,450; in 2000 it was 1,540,157. The total population changed 14.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (538,512) represent 40.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (562,590) include 36.5% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 48 groups had 477,132 adherents in 1990 and 531,354 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.4%
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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