Des Moines, IA 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 |
+1 |
+216 |
246.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+6,659 |
175.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,865 |
172.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+7 |
+1,543 |
157.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,876 |
148.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+1,159 |
123.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+159 |
76.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+66 |
54.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+3,329 |
50.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+118 |
45.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+670 |
41.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-4 |
+17,767 |
36.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+7,175 |
36.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+903 |
21.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+40 |
17.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+232 |
10.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+81 |
9.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+33 |
6.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+66 |
0.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-17 |
-3.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-18 |
-5.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,857 |
-6.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-66 |
-7.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-231 |
-7.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-143 |
-9.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-18 |
-12.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-117 |
-14.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-347 |
-21.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-20 |
-25.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-3,253 |
-28.0% |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-141 |
-32.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,010 |
-41.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-461 |
-44.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-289 |
-80.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-143 |
-83.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-193 |
-85.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+86 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+531 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,700 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+5,290 |
n.a. |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+63 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+25 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+70 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+384 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+426 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+55
| +44,208 |
+26.9% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 367,561; in 2000 it was 456,022. The total population changed 16.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (168,487) represent 45.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (214,958) include 47.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 45 groups had 164,454 adherents in 1980 and 208,662 adherents in 2000, for a change of 26.9%
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 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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