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Huntsville, AL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

126,992 38,998 213 16,574 4,831 154,768
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 % Change
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 0 +1,034 97.9%
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 0 0 0.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant -2 +277 25.0%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +14 43.8%
Catholic Church Catholic 0 +3,859 30.3%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -22 -36.1%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 +334 34.5%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -221 -59.2%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant -1 +2 0.6%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 +555 34.9%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant -1 -37 -14.2%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +304 13.5%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +1 -422 -32.2%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +7 +79 0.4%
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -444 -34.1%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +1 +311 11.4%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant -1 +90 81.8%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 +322 20.8%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 +9 36.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 +49 158.1%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 -110 -11.6%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 -325 -31.7%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 +353 464.5%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +1 -303 -43.2%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +600 400.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +2 -388 -26.4%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +1 +95 27.8%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 +3 0.1%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +1 +742 101.8%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +108 111.3%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +508 9.6%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +8 +14,050 21.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -40 -18.3%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 +2 0.8%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +5 +4,437 21.3%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -37 -33.6%
  Totals: +24 +25,788 +17.1%

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 293,047; in 2000 it was 342,376. The total population changed 16.8%. The adherent totals for 1990 (175,344) represent 59.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (187,608) include 54.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 36 groups had 150,731 adherents in 1990 and 176,519 adherents in 2000, for a change of 17.1%

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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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