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Metro Area Membership Report
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 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 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+7,314 |
1440.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+539 |
728.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+418 |
550.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+18 |
+41,273 |
469.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+560 |
431.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,379 |
406.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+699 |
378.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+2,762 |
310.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+21 |
+590,825 |
272.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8,281 |
236.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+73 |
+26,612 |
193.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+7,535 |
172.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+876 |
123.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+27 |
+10,736 |
122.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+1,102 |
84.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,910 |
78.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+5,528 |
76.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,589 |
72.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+36 |
+24,617 |
56.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+47 |
55.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,166 |
52.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+19 |
+8,203 |
51.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+8,769 |
49.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+649 |
44.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+335 |
+249,052 |
41.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
+64,335 |
28.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+16,283 |
19.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+7,966 |
19.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,698 |
5.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+1,919 |
4.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-116 |
-5,363 |
-10.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-558 |
-21.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-601 |
-56.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-56 |
-60.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-594 |
-66.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-38 |
-12,865 |
-86.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+245 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+65 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+195 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+26,275 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+60 |
+76,348 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+328 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+63 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,017 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+1,763 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,040 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+960 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+2,643 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+630
| +1,188,547 |
+80.5% |
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The population of these 12 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 3,046,084; in 2000 it was 5,221,801. The total population changed 29.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,481,952) represent 48.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,730,655) include 52.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 48 groups had 1,476,550 adherents in 1980 and 2,665,097 adherents in 2000, for a change of 80.5%
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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