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Fort Wayne, IN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

103,055 66,515 877 78,426 3,117 250,151
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 % Change
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -2 +1,455 31.1%
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 0 +86 3.7%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +6 +2,552 143.2%
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +28 34.1%
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 0 -39 -16.4%
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -10 -19.2%
Catholic Church Catholic +2 +11,349 16.9%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +293 55.7%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -4 -583 -17.5%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +7 +3,666 62.0%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant -1 -512 -78.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 -155 -6.7%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 0 +247 55.4%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 0 +7 8.3%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 0 -211 -14.4%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant -2 -560 -17.8%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -1 +219 3.8%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -122 -8.8%
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -248 -9.8%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -156 -8.7%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -2 -1,434 -8.5%
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +271 25.2%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +189 91.3%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant -1 -106 -51.5%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant +1 +202 310.8%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 -3,450 -56.6%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +3,250 928.6%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 +61 n.a.
International Pentecostal Church of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +16 27.1%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +86 296.6%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 -150 -13.6%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +5 -258 -0.8%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant -4 -611 -19.6%
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant -1 +528 8.9%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 0 -268 -94.7%
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant +14 -1,338 -26.2%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 0 -19 -40.4%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -3 -1,843 -25.4%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant -1 +1,694 431.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +5 1.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +4 +1,545 65.6%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -44 -16.2%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant +2 -1,431 -17.8%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -7 -5,071 -15.3%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,093 44.4%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -6 -1.5%
  Totals: +20 +10,217 +4.4%

The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 456,281; in 2000 it was 502,141. The total population changed 10.1%. The adherent totals for 1990 (247,193) represent 54.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (251,990) include 50.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 46 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 46 groups had 234,317 adherents in 1990 and 244,534 adherents in 2000, for a change of 4.4%

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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