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 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+945 |
400.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+69 |
168.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+998 |
86.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+157 |
85.8% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+545 |
80.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,080 |
54.5% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+18 |
42.9% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+565 |
32.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+361 |
28.3% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+88 |
16.9% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+18 |
16.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+15 |
14.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,625 |
14.3% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+102 |
10.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
8.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+474 |
3.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-81 |
-1.6% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-5.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-102 |
-5.8% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-7 |
-6.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-81 |
-7.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-277 |
-7.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
-3,022 |
-10.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,125 |
-11.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
-125 |
-15.2% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,064 |
-15.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-33 |
-18.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-676 |
-23.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-159 |
-27.7% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,340 |
-38.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-55 |
-38.5% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-238 |
-42.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-319 |
-46.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-57 |
-57.6% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-50 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-120 |
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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