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Metro Area Membership Report
Fort Wayne, IN 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+14,506 |
23.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+3,600 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+3,554 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+3,242 |
297.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,650 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,427 |
165.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,415 |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+2,354 |
58.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,292 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,737 |
496.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+1,664 |
21.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+559 |
10.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+502 |
263.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+396 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+366 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+303 |
47.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+184 |
222.0% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+124 |
10.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+114 |
42.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+91 |
n.a. |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+87 |
378.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+78 |
211.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+61 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+48 |
10.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+37 |
5.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+28 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+15 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-8 |
-5.0% |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-10 |
-18.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-31 |
-42.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-40 |
-17.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
-42 |
-3.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-58 |
-20.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-203 |
-14.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-204 |
-3.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-407 |
-80.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
-458 |
-11.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-604 |
-27.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,053 |
-29.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,337 |
-33.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-1,701 |
-5.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-2,478 |
-53.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,736 |
-15.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-2,889 |
-30.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-4,130 |
-43.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-10,033 |
-26.0% |
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Totals:
+61
| +15,087 |
+6.6% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 444,772; in 2000 it was 502,141. The total population changed 10.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (227,376) represent 51.1% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 47 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 47 groups had 227,351 adherents in 1980 and 242,438 adherents in 2000, for a change of 6.6%
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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