Modesto, CA 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+73,828 |
232.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+13,907 |
1717.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+5,119 |
80.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+9 |
+4,960 |
90.0% |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,292 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,948 |
39.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,700 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,181 |
277.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+884 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+840 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+738 |
172.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+639 |
94.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+462 |
41.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+434 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+366 |
273.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+344 |
17.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+254 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+249 |
131.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+246 |
424.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+227 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+186 |
48.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+174 |
226.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+149 |
n.a. |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+143 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+132 |
8.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+130 |
203.0% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+106 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+98 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+42 |
6.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-46 |
-24.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-47 |
-19.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-85 |
-17.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-86 |
-3.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-94 |
-24.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-110 |
-4.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-110 |
-81.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-152 |
-31.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-173 |
-13.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-214 |
-10.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-345 |
-16.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-378 |
-54.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-384 |
-39.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-425 |
-9.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-501 |
-42.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,132 |
-51.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-4,010 |
-78.0% |
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Totals:
+70
| +105,486 |
+119.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 265,900; in 2000 it was 446,997. The total population changed 20.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (88,364) represent 33.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (195,446) include 43.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 46 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 46 groups had 88,139 adherents in 1980 and 193,625 adherents in 2000, for a change of 119.7%
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 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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