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Metro Area Membership Report
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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| 1,167,703 |
514,964 |
83,825 |
5,688,881 |
1,065,974 |
7,852,298 |
| Evangelical Protestant |
Mainline Protestant |
Orthodox |
Catholic |
Other |
Unclaimed |
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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 |
+212 |
+55,811 |
33.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+183 |
+45,498 |
69.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+180 |
+47,233 |
25.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+177 |
+615,267 |
1304.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+169 |
+5,460 |
8.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+59 |
-7,992 |
-8.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+54 |
+3,090,053 |
119.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+52 |
+12,206 |
313.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+49 |
+3,204 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+48 |
+72,015 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+47 |
+4,482 |
55.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+46 |
+23,218 |
30.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+44 |
+2,515 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+42 |
-24,373 |
-20.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+40 |
+149,950 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+5,383 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+33 |
+1,335 |
4.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+18,133 |
249.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+6,231 |
64.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+3,749 |
377.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
-8,151 |
-12.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
-1,727 |
-8.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+5,719 |
118.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
-2,736 |
-25.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+15 |
+12,021 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+4,017 |
323.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+975 |
692.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+809 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
-7,746 |
-48.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+926 |
42.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+4,678 |
23.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+23,285 |
73.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-1,017 |
-3.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+164 |
16.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+955 |
112.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-47,591 |
-34.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+2,003 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-1,716 |
-25.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,817 |
11.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+2,291 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+4,880 |
120.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+312 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+875 |
14.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+107 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+2,680 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+167 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+365 |
14.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+4,554 |
153.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+19 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+63 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+15 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+125 |
82.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-243 |
-19.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+97 |
66.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3,190 |
-76.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-32 |
-32.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,846 |
41.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
24.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,220 |
-43.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-567 |
-62.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-8,069 |
-56.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,436 |
-2.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-7,039 |
-27.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-2,590 |
-48.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-7 |
-342 |
-7.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-10,305 |
-36.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-18 |
-26,399 |
-26.0% |
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Totals:
+1,725
| +4,074,129 |
+97.5% |
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The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 11,497,568; in 2000 it was 16,373,645. The total population changed 12.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (4,194,636) represent 36.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (8,521,347) include 52.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 68 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 68 groups had 4,176,647 adherents in 1980 and 8,250,776 adherents in 2000, for a change of 97.5%
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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