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Metro Area Membership Report
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA
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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+87 |
+33,162 |
31.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+27 |
+7,665 |
42.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+12,647 |
103.2% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,885 |
872.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+4,279 |
54.5% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+11 |
-40,800 |
-10.8% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+10 |
+290,421 |
48.9% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,648 |
161.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,031 |
14.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-623 |
-3.6% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+240 |
13.1% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+4,554 |
54.6% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+656 |
305.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+473 |
28.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+470 |
205.2% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+314 |
44.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+541 |
163.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+356 |
72.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-179 |
-18.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,464 |
105.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-949 |
-8.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+10 |
3.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-333 |
-4.2% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-156 |
-18.1% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+577 |
81.7% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+326 |
94.8% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
0 |
+153 |
283.3% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2 |
-2.8% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-21.1% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-220 |
-44.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+169 |
15.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+152 |
99.3% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-398 |
-27.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-41 |
-17.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+522 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-140 |
-19.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-294 |
-58.9% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-5,339 |
-21.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,001 |
-19.3% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,846 |
-37.1% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,877 |
-31.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-5,553 |
-51.1% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-3,609 |
-24.1% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-3,133 |
-77.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
+92 |
11.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-5,385 |
-54.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-10,631 |
-23.0% |
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Totals:
+186
| +278,282 |
+21.0% |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,192,582; in 2000 it was 3,876,380. The total population changed 21.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,516,013) represent 47.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,637,079) include 42.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 47 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 47 groups had 1,326,153 adherents in 1990 and 1,604,435 adherents in 2000, for a change of 21.0%
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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