Lincoln, NE 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 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,625 |
14.3% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,080 |
54.5% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+998 |
86.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+945 |
400.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+565 |
32.7% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+545 |
80.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+474 |
3.9% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+361 |
28.3% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+157 |
85.8% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+102 |
10.9% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+88 |
16.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+69 |
168.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+18 |
42.9% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+18 |
16.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+15 |
14.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
8.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-7 |
-6.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-5.6% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-33 |
-18.2% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-50 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-55 |
-38.5% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-57 |
-57.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-81 |
-7.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-81 |
-1.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-102 |
-5.8% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-120 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
-125 |
-15.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-159 |
-27.7% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-238 |
-42.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-277 |
-7.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-319 |
-46.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-676 |
-23.3% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,064 |
-15.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,340 |
-38.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,125 |
-11.9% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
-3,022 |
-10.3% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+11
| -2,873 |
-2.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 213,641; in 2000 it was 250,291. The total population changed 17.2%. The adherent totals for 1990 (110,985) represent 51.9% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (113,586) include 45.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 36 groups had 108,014 adherents in 1990 and 105,141 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 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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