Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

215,959	131,180	2,623	173,768	13,293	551,691
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	68	173,768	159.6
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	164	92,440	84.9
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	104	63,968	58.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	76	21,482	19.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	33	16,432	15.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	23	16,022	14.7
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	46	15,717	14.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	11	13,740	12.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	29	13,115	12.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	28	10,413	9.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	22	10,378	9.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	9,350	8.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	15	8,847	8.1
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	4	7,000	6.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	19	5,497	5.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	10	3,909	3.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	20	3,843	3.5
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	12	3,578	3.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	3,302	3.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,287	3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	4	3,278	3.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,775	2.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,490	2.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,457	2.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,386	2.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,309	2.1
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	4	2,010	1.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,947	1.8
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	6	1,847	1.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,611	1.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	1,520	1.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	5	1,373	1.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,267	1.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,195	1.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,200	1.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,161	1.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,038	1.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	1,023	0.9
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,021	0.9
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	8	812	0.8
Netherlands Reformed Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	2	816	0.8
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	780	0.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	771	0.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	730	0.7
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	1	515	0.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	431	0.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	321	0.3
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	271	0.3
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	4	246	0.2
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	236	0.2
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	157	0.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	103	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	83	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	80	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	64	0.1
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	70	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	53	0.1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	2	58	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	55	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	46	0.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	45	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	38	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	28	0.0
Strict Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	18	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	913	536,823
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		624,779

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 937,891; in 2000 it was 1,088,514. The total population changed 16.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (536,823) include 49.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (624,779) include 57.4% 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 [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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