Peoria-Pekin, IL 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 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+936 |
217.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+305 |
23.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-297 |
-3.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-581 |
-16.5% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,077 |
108.4% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+209 |
34.8% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+50 |
28.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+181 |
52.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-150 |
-15.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+88 |
57.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+113 |
23.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-4,546 |
-18.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+287 |
112.5% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-50 |
-41.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+189 |
5.6% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-2.7% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-64 |
-17.3% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-191 |
-1.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+86 |
409.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,512 |
-24.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-211 |
-7.8% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+621 |
201.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+53 |
22.4% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,054 |
-15.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-100 |
-40.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-89 |
-64.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-752 |
-20.3% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-79 |
-1.5% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-457 |
-8.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-45 |
-46.4% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-105 |
-32.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-568 |
-19.7% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-122 |
-1.2% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-192 |
-30.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-2 |
+697 |
1.3% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-313 |
-26.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-865 |
-23.4% |
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Totals:
0
| -7,490 |
-4.5% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 339,172; in 2000 it was 347,387. The total population changed 2.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (175,269) represent 51.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (167,263) include 48.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 38 groups had 166,379 adherents in 1990 and 158,889 adherents in 2000, for a change of -4.5%
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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