Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN 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 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+995 |
76.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+409 |
390.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+224 |
423.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-41 |
-37.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+162 |
30.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+29 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+127 |
78.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+55 |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+100 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+73 |
28.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-300 |
-6.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+6,504 |
14.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-650 |
-18.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+117 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+33 |
22.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+39 |
15.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-317 |
-14.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-19.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
+1,610 |
6.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+29 |
35.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-182 |
-22.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3 |
-3.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-153 |
-44.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-50 |
-67.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+300 |
120.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+76 |
38.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-244 |
-49.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+10 |
15.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,008 |
287.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+13 |
10.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-380 |
-9.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-320 |
-39.0% |
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Totals:
+15
| +9,264 |
+10.0% |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 137,574; in 2000 it was 174,367. The total population changed 13.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (93,678) represent 68.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (103,195) include 59.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 32 groups had 93,010 adherents in 1980 and 102,274 adherents in 2000, for a change of 10.0%
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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