Hartford, CT NECMA
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 |
+10 |
+1,967 |
89.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+7 |
+25,395 |
310.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,548 |
184.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+1,597 |
111.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,656 |
303.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+3,096 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,440 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+215 |
38.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+29 |
3.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+1,038 |
8.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+630 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-494 |
-24.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+975 |
72.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-2,157 |
-12.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-8,399 |
-28.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+233 |
114.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
-40,940 |
-9.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+845 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+420 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-892 |
-32.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+429 |
292.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+102 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+575 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+516 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-674 |
-34.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+388 |
169.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+12 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-839 |
-15.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+55 |
23.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-103 |
-74.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+70 |
20.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,350 |
151.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+301 |
18.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+154 |
103.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+5 |
7.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-255 |
-62.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
1.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,469 |
-3.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,278 |
-16.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-2 |
-398 |
-18.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-46 |
-27.0% |
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Totals:
+82
| -13,822 |
-2.1% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 1,051,606; in 2000 it was 1,148,618. The total population changed 2.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (657,790) represent 62.6% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (640,578) include 55.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 647,181 adherents in 1980 and 633,359 adherents in 2000, for a change of -2.1%
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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