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Denominational Groups, 2000

194,171 159,798 10,727 537,598 31,860 755,418
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents % Change
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +15 +7,186 121.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +14 +14,396 203.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +8 +4,352 74.0%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +8 +4,650 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +8 +2,117 80.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +7 -7,397 -9.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +5 +2,033 329.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +5 -3,612 -6.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +4 +1,304 n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +4 +633 30.0%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant +4 -709 -12.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +3 +270 n.a.
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +3 +834 70.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +3 +3,792 n.a.
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +2 +106 n.a.
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +2 -349 -4.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,737 443.0%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,091 500.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +1 +189 26.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 -15,179 -15.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +8,000 n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox +1 +366 n.a.
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 -151 -12.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology +1 +606 47.0%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 0 +209 28.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 -68 -27.0%
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia Orthodox 0 +80 40.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,156 -65.0%
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +159 129.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -2,735 -23.0%
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -3 -3.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 -3 -5.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 -50 -67.0%
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 0 -46 -46.0%
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -14 -14.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 0 -7,060 -22.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -117 -53.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +624 16.0%
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant -1 +166 11.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -2 -165 -37.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -2 +211 50.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 -5,911 -35.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -9 -5,168 -25.0%
Catholic Church Catholic -29 -33,278 -6.0%
  Totals: 60 +-28,060 -3.0%

The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 1,570,275; in 2000 it was 1,689,572. The total population changed 5.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (945,984) represent 60.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (934,154) include 55.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 44 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 44 groups had 943,603 adherents in 1980 and 915,543 adherents in 2000, for a change of -3.0%

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 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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