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Metro Area Membership Report
Dayton-Springfield, 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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
115 |
42,435 |
44.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
72 |
37,675 |
39.6 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
57 |
24,505 |
25.8 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
53 |
127,921 |
134.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
45 |
15,270 |
16.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
5,529 |
5.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
39 |
9,485 |
10.0 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
5,719 |
6.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
10,036 |
10.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
14,497 |
15.3 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
6,951 |
7.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
10,346 |
10.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
4,412 |
4.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
8,094 |
8.5 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
5,369 |
5.7 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
1,210 |
1.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
15 |
5,081 |
5.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,173 |
3.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
4,311 |
4.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
7,870 |
8.3 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
687 |
0.7 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
667 |
0.7 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,186 |
1.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,548 |
2.7 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
468 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,213 |
2.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,276 |
2.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
6 |
5,200 |
5.5 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
431 |
0.5 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,628 |
1.7 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
313 |
0.3 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
255 |
0.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,661 |
1.8 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
4 |
245 |
0.3 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
446 |
0.5 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
940 |
1.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
440 |
0.5 |
| Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
438 |
0.5 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
396 |
0.4 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
530 |
0.6 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
78 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
104 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
264 |
0.3 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
124 |
0.1 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
222 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
177 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,453 |
1.5 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
190 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
415 |
0.4 |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
77 |
0.1 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
288 |
0.3 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
271 |
0.3 |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
420 |
0.4 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
192 |
0.2 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
11 |
0.0 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
72 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
211 |
0.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 844 |
377,466 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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463,444 |
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The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 951,270; in 2000 it was 950,558. The total population changed -0.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (377,466) include 39.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (463,444) include 48.8% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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