New Orleans, LA 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+24,543 |
36.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+7,574 |
140.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+3,500 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+2,641 |
26.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,890 |
71.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,104 |
234.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,073 |
50.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+1,039 |
39.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+900 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+795 |
n.a. |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+687 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+441 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+375 |
20.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+375 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+214 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+211 |
101.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+175 |
91.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+112 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+96 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+55 |
27.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-46.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-29 |
-1.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-31 |
-7.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-46 |
-46.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-81 |
-8.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-277 |
-1.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-356 |
-77.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-512 |
-48.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-533 |
-68.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-659 |
-5.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-907 |
-30.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-998 |
-65.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-3,926 |
-37.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-4,756 |
-35.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+23 |
-58,872 |
-11.0% |
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Totals:
+93
| -24,199 |
-3.4% |
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The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 1,303,800; in 2000 it was 1,337,726. The total population changed 4.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (718,621) represent 55.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (703,397) include 52.6% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 35 groups had 715,775 adherents in 1980 and 691,576 adherents in 2000, for a change of -3.4%
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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