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Denominational Groups, 2000

58,281 46,393 73 43,152 5,359 299,593
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
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +4 +1,484 218.9%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +3 -930 -32.4%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,264 210.3%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +2 -110 -8.6%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +4,225 198.8%
Catholic Church Catholic +1 -6,556 -13.2%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +1 +92 5.3%
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 +128 66.7%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +87 70.2%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +1 +141 111.0%
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +89 178.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +84 2.6%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology +1 -109 -24.7%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +4,153 151.1%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -119 -45.2%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 +263 80.2%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 -99 -29.9%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -20 -13.4%
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -7 -17.9%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -1,068 -25.3%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +149 298.0%
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -34 -18.7%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 -135 -45.5%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 +3,000 500.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 +2 1.3%
International Pentecostal Church of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -23 -18.0%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +38 102.7%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 0 -24 -30.0%
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +117 30.5%
Netherlands Reformed Congregations Evangelical Protestant 0 -52 -14.4%
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -1,048 -15.2%
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 +502 4.9%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +815 202.7%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 0 -1,734 -11.1%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +61 5.7%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -1 -574 -14.8%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant -1 -1,234 -32.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -1 -38 -2.5%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant -1 -44 -33.1%
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant -1 -100 -66.7%
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant -1 n.a. n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -1 -12 -0.3%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant -1 -63 -8.6%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology -1 +470 39.8%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant -1 +201 2.9%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant -1 +446 72.3%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -2 -548 -12.3%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant -3 -401 -5.9%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant -4 -24 -2.4%
  Totals: +2 +2,705 +1.9%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 429,453; in 2000 it was 452,851. The total population changed 5.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (158,013) represent 36.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (153,258) include 33.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 48 groups had 142,750 adherents in 1990 and 145,455 adherents in 2000, for a change of 1.9%

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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