Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+632 |
0.9% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+658 |
31.9% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+411 |
58.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+366 |
39.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-215 |
-20.8% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+556 |
32.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+12,297 |
48.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+97 |
8.3% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+148 |
197.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+716 |
46.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,682 |
28.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+136 |
66.7% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,650 |
60.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+556 |
3706.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+1,300 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+38 |
45.8% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+589 |
4.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-117 |
-22.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+66 |
5.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
18.1% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-94 |
-2.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-23 |
-17.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+415 |
30.5% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+18 |
150.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+104 |
2.2% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+45 |
52.9% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+21 |
25.6% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
0.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+17 |
38.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+163 |
59.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+59 |
62.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3 |
-1.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,908 |
-9.2% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-10 |
-4.5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+971 |
32.5% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-295 |
-7.3% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-550 |
-28.2% |
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Totals:
+49
| +20,520 |
+11.8% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 405,382; in 2000 it was 483,924. The total population changed 19.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (191,721) represent 47.3% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (202,576) include 41.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 37 groups had 173,980 adherents in 1990 and 194,500 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.8%
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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