Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

963,228	372,054	9,353	850,496	134,958	2,339,482
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	161	850,496	182.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	619	692,355	148.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	238	232,031	49.7
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	39	54,220	11.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	71	49,356	10.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	239	48,846	10.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	18	45,550	9.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	77	44,709	9.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	160	41,674	8.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	26	41,225	8.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	66	40,210	8.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	91	35,301	7.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	67	27,814	6.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	17	19,436	4.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	33	10,126	2.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	48	9,959	2.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	57	8,772	1.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	39	8,137	1.7
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	28	7,989	1.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	20	6,826	1.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	28	5,019	1.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	16	4,900	1.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	4	4,431	1.0
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	4,282	0.9
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,282	0.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	16	3,104	0.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	24	2,481	0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,145	0.5
Bahá'í	Other Theology	13	2,129	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	8	2,083	0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,900	0.4
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	3	1,564	0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	15	1,535	0.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	4	1,378	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	21	1,291	0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,194	0.3
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	3	1,175	0.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	2	920	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	906	0.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	870	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	850	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	800	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	800	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	14	757	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	18	629	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	628	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	6	586	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	541	0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	460	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	350	0.1
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	340	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	6	331	0.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	294	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	227	0.1
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	225	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	132	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	113	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	96	0.0
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	1	93	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	62	0.0
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	60	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	41	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	28	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	42	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	6	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	19	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	4	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	2,507	2,330,089
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		2,953,228

The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,731,131; in 2000 it was 4,669,571. The total population changed 25.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,330,089) include 49.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (2,953,228) include 63.2% 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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