Pensacola, FL 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 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+226 |
286.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+9,475 |
138.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+66 |
135.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+129 |
125.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+877 |
109.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+485 |
99.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+15,269 |
96.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+380 |
79.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
73.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+980 |
66.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+24,383 |
44.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+38 |
38.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+6,045 |
34.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+906 |
34.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+853 |
31.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+122 |
23.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+132 |
22.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+99 |
17.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+573 |
12.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
2.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-26 |
-4.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-163 |
-9.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-83 |
-11.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-359 |
-59.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-68 |
-61.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-320 |
-67.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-246 |
-92.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+40 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+101 |
n.a. |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+143 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+504 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+54 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+918 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+46
| +61,733 |
+51.3% |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 289,782; in 2000 it was 412,153. The total population changed 19.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (124,868) represent 43.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (188,581) include 45.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 120,231 adherents in 1980 and 181,964 adherents in 2000, for a change of 51.3%
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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