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Denominational Groups, 2000

23,493 12,614 60 11,125 611 53,638
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
Separate Baptists in Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +1,209 257.0%
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +163 163.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +58 112.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +323 101.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 +263 86.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +2 +379 70.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +6 +1,352 41.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +36 38.0%
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 +35 38.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +143 26.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +2 +273 23.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 0 +67 20.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +320 18.0%
Catholic Church Catholic -3 +899 9.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 -58 -2.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -1 -4.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -1 -152 -9.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant -1 -264 -16.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant -1 -30 -17.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -87 -25.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -1 -588 -30.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -157 -31.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -50 -32.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant -1 -145 -33.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -689 -33.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -4 -2,903 -37.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -1 -285 -40.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant +1 -163 -41.0%
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -37 -47.0%
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -171 -53.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -1 -381 -54.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant -8 -1,282 -61.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +1 +44 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,650 n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant +1 +50 n.a.
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +8 +1,374 n.a.
  Totals: 2 +1,195 +2.7%

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 103,715; in 2000 it was 101,541. The total population changed 4.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (43,991) represent 42.4% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (47,903) include 47.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 36 groups had 43,651 adherents in 1980 and 44,846 adherents in 2000, for a change of 2.7%

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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