Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 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 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+250 |
205.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+681 |
147.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+21,352 |
119.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,406 |
71.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+266 |
58.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+23 |
38.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+2,353 |
32.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+6,588 |
32.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+188 |
30.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+109 |
30.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+28,359 |
28.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+3,369 |
25.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+622 |
18.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+155 |
16.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+73 |
16.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+604 |
12.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+230 |
9.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,160 |
8.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+12 |
5.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-10 |
-2.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-957 |
-2.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-18 |
-1,083 |
-17.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-26 |
-18.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,337 |
-20.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-20 |
-26.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-143 |
-36.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-32 |
-37.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-95 |
-45.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-143 |
-60.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-999 |
-78.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-74 |
-80.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+145 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+417 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,150 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,768 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+1,445 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+76
| +69,806 |
+27.4% |
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The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 474,484; in 2000 it was 583,845. The total population changed 13.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (257,505) represent 54.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (334,167) include 57.2% 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 255,199 adherents in 1980 and 325,005 adherents in 2000, for a change of 27.4%
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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