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Denominational Groups, 2000

267,005 111,559 2,502 217,207 30,492 1,015,796
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
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 0 0 n.a.
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +4 -35 -3.8%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +16 +11,997 70.7%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +141 110.2%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 -157 -22.8%
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +53 101.9%
Catholic Church Catholic +5 +106,900 96.9%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +2 -359 -12.2%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant +4 +1,417 73.7%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -3 +879 10.8%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant +1 -17 -8.6%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 +735 83.2%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant +16 +4,213 60.4%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +6 +372 67.9%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +8 +3,226 41.9%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -249 -49.6%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +5 +1,497 26.2%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,137 -14.7%
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant +1 n.a. n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -768 -5.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +205 40.2%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 -401 -4.1%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +81 385.7%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant +1 +40 22.6%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant -1 -73 -70.9%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 -5,491 -58.1%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant -8 -2,886 -19.4%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +3 +310 115.7%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +12 +5,660 817.9%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +8 -2,970 -15.8%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +2,081 21.6%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant -1 -34 -18.0%
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province Mainline Protestant 0 -219 -60.0%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant -1 -295 -53.6%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +3 +477 194.7%
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant +4 +2,596 11.4%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +7 +2,231 98.2%
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 -358 -51.5%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant +4 +661 136.6%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +7 +3,211 23.3%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +13 +13,270 11.6%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology +2 +43 9.8%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -2 -28 -0.9%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +11 +3,839 7.8%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +214 59.6%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +102 17.1%
  Totals: +135 +150,974 +32.7%

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,224,852; in 2000 it was 1,644,561. The total population changed 34.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (509,232) represent 41.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (628,765) include 38.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 45 groups had 461,843 adherents in 1990 and 612,817 adherents in 2000, for a change of 32.7%

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 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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