Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

438,273	328,575	41,259	1,249,547	189,632	3,209,142
Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

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

Religious Bodies	Theology	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	392	1,249,547	229.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	263	89,881	16.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	171	118,284	21.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	151	40,162	7.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	144	70,723	13.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	118	58,233	10.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	116	42,129	7.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	104	31,387	5.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	104	21,078	3.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	79	40,605	7.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	62	15,025	2.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	61	22,278	4.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	57	16,848	3.1
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	51	102,500	18.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	45	5,693	1.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	44	13,293	2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	42	12,078	2.2
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	40	68,394	12.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	40	7,003	1.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	39	14,143	2.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	37	3,332	0.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	34	29,425	5.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	33	8,871	1.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	32	8,519	1.6
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	30	8,641	1.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	26	6,580	1.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	26	13,710	2.5
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	23	3,734	0.7
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	22	4,831	0.9
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	21	6,571	1.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,171	0.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	18	1,597	0.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	18	14,353	2.6
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,677	0.3
Buddhism	Other Theology	15	n.a.	n.a.
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,107	0.4
Hindu	Other Theology	14	n.a.	n.a.
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	13	3,613	0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	13	2,469	0.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	13	585	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	12	15,087	2.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	12	2,998	0.6
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	11	1,553	0.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	11	2,806	0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,689	0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	10	938	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	10	952	0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	14,950	2.7
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	7	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	7	3,407	0.6
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,213	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	7	370	0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,775	0.3
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	2,396	0.4
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	241	0.0
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	5	3,624	0.7
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	4	1,585	0.3
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	404	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	4	1,689	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,105	0.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	198	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	219	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	3	5,600	1.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	3	n.a.	n.a.
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	192	0.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,295	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	202	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	229	0.0
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	118	0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	61	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	2	561	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	2	375	0.1
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	2	3,000	0.6
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	56	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	2	116	0.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	2	1,188	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	2	2,982	0.6
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	2	372	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese	Orthodox	2	951	0.2
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	2	1,325	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	87	0.0
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	600	0.1
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	1,680	0.3
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association	Evangelical Protestant	1	331	0.1
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	1	10	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	196	0.0
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	1,600	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	1	450	0.1
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	150	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	703	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	1	141	0.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	308	0.1
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	68	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	70	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	2,793	2,247,286
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		2,928,296

The population of these 10 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,187,171; in 2000 it was 5,456,428. The total population changed 5.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,247,286) include 41.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (2,928,296) include 53.7% 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/grc [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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