Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA
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 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3,000 |
500.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+149 |
298.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,484 |
218.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,264 |
210.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+815 |
202.7% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+4,225 |
198.8% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+89 |
178.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+4,153 |
151.1% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+141 |
111.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+38 |
102.7% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+263 |
80.2% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+446 |
72.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+87 |
70.2% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+128 |
66.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+470 |
39.8% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+117 |
30.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+61 |
5.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+92 |
5.3% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+502 |
4.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+201 |
2.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+84 |
2.6% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
1.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-12 |
-0.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-24 |
-2.4% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-38 |
-2.5% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-401 |
-5.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-110 |
-8.6% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-63 |
-8.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,734 |
-11.1% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-548 |
-12.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
-6,556 |
-13.2% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-20 |
-13.4% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-52 |
-14.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-574 |
-14.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,048 |
-15.2% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-7 |
-17.9% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-23 |
-18.0% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-18.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-109 |
-24.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,068 |
-25.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-99 |
-29.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-24 |
-30.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,234 |
-32.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-930 |
-32.4% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-44 |
-33.1% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-119 |
-45.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-135 |
-45.5% |
| 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. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+2
| +2,705 |
+1.9% |
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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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