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Metro Area Membership Report
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA
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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+20 |
+428,819 |
102.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+210 |
+277,023 |
67.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+56,542 |
32.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+45,550 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+16 |
+28,610 |
227.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+56 |
+20,708 |
142.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+19,436 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+10,331 |
33.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+6,333 |
15.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+39 |
+5,452 |
164.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+4,431 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+3,805 |
62.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,622 |
10.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+3,379 |
206.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,210 |
89.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
+2,961 |
12.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+2,756 |
7.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+2,661 |
601.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+2,481 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+2,098 |
4464.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,975 |
32.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,284 |
208.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,194 |
39.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,023 |
200.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+850 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+771 |
2659.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+726 |
981.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+671 |
128.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+629 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+628 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+583 |
39.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+340 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+331 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+228 |
36.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+188 |
482.0% |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+93 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+60 |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-24 |
-8.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-92 |
-41.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-503 |
-82.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
-513 |
-40.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-852 |
-38.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-970 |
-16.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-1,028 |
-2.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-1,861 |
-19.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,177 |
-18.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-5,435 |
-81.0% |
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Totals:
+582
| +928,327 |
+69.5% |
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The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 3,119,831; in 2000 it was 4,669,571. The total population changed 25.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,336,996) represent 42.9% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,330,089) include 49.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 47 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 47 groups had 1,335,152 adherents in 1980 and 2,263,479 adherents in 2000, for a change of 69.5%
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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