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Metro Area Membership Report
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO 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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+30 |
+9,627 |
26.1% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+2,734 |
8.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+153 |
1.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+4,128 |
77.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+21,284 |
46.9% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,803 |
37.9% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+7 |
+177,100 |
60.3% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+5,272 |
62.2% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+103 |
13.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,193 |
512.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,384 |
38.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-1,240 |
-4.4% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+615 |
274.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-593 |
-6.1% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,377 |
43.5% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+372 |
49.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-526 |
-60.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+518 |
27.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-7,557 |
-16.5% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+83 |
27.7% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+272 |
86.1% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+76 |
21.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+220 |
10.9% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
34.3% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+91 |
91.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,507 |
27.6% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+5,909 |
74.1% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+691 |
37.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-152 |
-1.9% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-2.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+3,674 |
8.9% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-105 |
-10.7% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-107 |
-50.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-28 |
-19.6% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-408 |
-15.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-31 |
-18.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-814 |
-9.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+109 |
14.9% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-88 |
-34.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,909 |
171.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-554 |
-3.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-185 |
-20.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-3,190 |
-13.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-3,191 |
-12.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+218 |
17.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-741 |
-5.4% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+14,050 |
70.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
+4,680 |
40.8% |
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Totals:
+110
| +242,643 |
+32.9% |
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The population of these 7 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,980,140; in 2000 it was 2,581,506. The total population changed 30.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (766,743) represent 38.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,021,488) include 39.6% 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 737,438 adherents in 1990 and 980,081 adherents in 2000, for a change of 32.9%
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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