Fresno, CA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

102,864	32,033	5,158	256,500	22,533	503,428
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	45	256,500	278.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	64	25,989	28.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	49	24,036	26.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	40	16,872	18.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	20	7,417	8.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	23	7,385	8.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	18	6,170	6.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	22	5,941	6.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	18	5,900	6.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	16	5,003	5.4
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	10	4,593	5.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	34	4,570	5.0
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	19	4,433	4.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	16	2,967	3.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,888	3.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	3	2,834	3.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,619	2.8
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	4	2,518	2.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	11	2,447	2.7
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	3	2,300	2.5
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,772	1.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,645	1.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,488	1.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	5	1,444	1.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,429	1.6
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	1,400	1.5
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,286	1.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	969	1.1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	5	914	1.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	5	913	1.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	909	1.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	900	1.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	3	840	0.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	800	0.9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	784	0.9
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	13	748	0.8
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	667	0.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	624	0.7
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	11	588	0.6
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	585	0.6
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	568	0.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	8	511	0.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	5	471	0.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	466	0.5
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	374	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	372	0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	2	370	0.4
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	300	0.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	259	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	258	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	203	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	191	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	180	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	144	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	106	0.1
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	3	83	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	77	0.1
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	68	0.1
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	8	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	603	419,088
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		487,910

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 755,580; in 2000 it was 922,516. The total population changed 22.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (419,088) include 45.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (487,910) include 52.9% 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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