Grand Junction, CO 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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+1,751 |
42.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+637 |
30.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+112 |
5.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+550 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+415 |
224.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+315 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+700 |
70.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+280 |
144.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+27 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+19 |
26.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+47 |
44.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+56 |
127.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+37 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+12 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+32 |
4.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+320 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+254 |
37.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+216 |
62.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-107 |
-4.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
-1,884 |
-26.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-102 |
-22.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-328 |
-40.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-203 |
-85.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+54 |
146.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-116 |
-13.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+254 |
140.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-57 |
-28.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-486 |
-87.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+157 |
21.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+51 |
35.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-14 |
-1.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+375 |
48.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+146 |
32.0% |
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Totals:
+30
| 3,520 |
+12.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 81,530; in 2000 it was 116,255. The total population changed 24.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (28,623) represent 35.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (33,221) include 28.6% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 28,623 adherents in 1980 and 32,143 adherents in 2000, for a change of 12.3%
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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