Fresno, CA 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 |
+8 |
+9,956 |
62.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,024 |
67.9% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+175 |
4.1% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+3 |
+114,450 |
80.6% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+56 |
8.1% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+374 |
192.8% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+37 |
80.4% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+56 |
17.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+6,043 |
33.6% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,105 |
84.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+485 |
48.4% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+131 |
28.7% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+105 |
4.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+300 |
15.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-412 |
-31.1% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-145 |
-19.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-388 |
-6.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+884 |
13.6% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-748 |
-34.4% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+63 |
8.1% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
14.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-50 |
-2.7% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+17 |
28.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+104 |
38.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-47 |
-11.3% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-155 |
-6.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+180 |
2.5% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-388 |
-65.7% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,303 |
-71.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-24 |
-11.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+482 |
20.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+253 |
9.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-167 |
-3.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-5,450 |
-85.8% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-195 |
-22.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-893 |
-12.6% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,287 |
-47.1% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+49 |
3.1% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-925 |
-53.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,015 |
-14.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-11 |
-1,622 |
-8.8% |
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Totals:
+1
| +123,128 |
+43.7% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (292,287) represent 38.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (419,088) include 45.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 41 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 41 groups had 281,565 adherents in 1990 and 404,693 adherents in 2000, for a change of 43.7%
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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