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Denominational Groups, 2000

44,549 40,210 1,011 73,978 8,357 279,623
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
Catholic Church Catholic +1 +16,386 28.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +3 +8,311 376.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +6 +2,022 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +4 +2,005 n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology -1 +1,168 125.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,100 n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +435 n.a.
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant +1 +433 45.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +1 +391 20.0%
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant +5 +344 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +4 +329 19.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +317 14.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 +198 4.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +180 n.a.
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 +175 122.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant -1 +126 56.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +125 44.0%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant +2 +112 n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +82 164.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +52 2.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +1 +44 n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 +20 71.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 +11 34.0%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant -1 -30 -12.0%
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 -72 -9.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 -108 -22.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -109 -63.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant -2 -143 -7.0%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant -1 -155 -43.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -2 -166 -22.0%
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -241 -54.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -2 -353 -36.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -2 -558 -14.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +2 -919 -12.0%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant +2 -1,235 -43.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -1,242 -27.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant +1 -1,441 -20.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,489 -72.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant +1 -1,626 -27.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,839 -66.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -3 -2,800 -39.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -6 -5,969 -30.0%
  Totals: +20 +13,871 +9.5%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 419,750; in 2000 it was 447,728. The total population changed 3.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (147,045) represent 35.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (168,105) include 37.5% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 146,723 adherents in 1980 and 160,594 adherents in 2000, for a change of 9.5%

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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