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Metro Area Membership Report
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
273 |
120,121 |
53.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
129 |
100,597 |
44.9 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
100 |
352,388 |
157.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
98 |
32,673 |
14.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
57 |
9,292 |
4.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
56 |
38,551 |
17.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
55 |
39,486 |
17.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
50 |
21,582 |
9.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
14,978 |
6.7 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
40 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
9,011 |
4.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
15,811 |
7.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
15,590 |
7.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
28,150 |
12.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
27 |
10,331 |
4.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
6,455 |
2.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
2,322 |
1.0 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
1,536 |
0.7 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
16,495 |
7.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
17 |
50,000 |
22.3 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
12,432 |
5.6 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
5,523 |
2.5 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,901 |
1.3 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,564 |
0.7 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
13 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
3,075 |
1.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
801 |
0.4 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
367 |
0.2 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
869 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,866 |
0.8 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,132 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
463 |
0.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,257 |
0.6 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
488 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,108 |
0.5 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
769 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
255 |
0.1 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,066 |
0.9 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
377 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
337 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,282 |
0.6 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,154 |
0.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,012 |
0.5 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
718 |
0.3 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
165 |
0.1 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
16 |
0.0 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
350 |
0.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
237 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
147 |
0.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
504 |
0.2 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
565 |
0.3 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
11 |
0.0 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
87 |
0.0 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
142 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.0 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
136 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
43 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
310 |
0.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
121 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
20,880 |
9.3 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 1,414 |
951,156 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,238,480. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (951,156) include 42.5% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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