Portland, ME NECMA
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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+5,612 |
1446.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+698 |
69.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-666 |
-11.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+779 |
189.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-268 |
-31.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+100 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+46 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+622 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,363 |
-23.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+160 |
127.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+37 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+666 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-42 |
-10.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+550 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-17 |
-57.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-324 |
-20.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+40 |
15.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+257 |
32.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2 |
-1.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,797 |
-42.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-357 |
-56.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+195 |
15.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-14 |
-31.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-59 |
-89.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+103 |
13.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+45 |
40.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+19 |
2.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-115 |
-12.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-41 |
-28.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,228 |
-11.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+540 |
227.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-6 |
+8,818 |
17.0% |
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Totals:
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| +12,994 |
+14.1% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 215,789; in 2000 it was 265,612. The total population changed 9.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (92,691) represent 43.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (107,296) include 40.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 32 groups had 92,099 adherents in 1980 and 105,093 adherents in 2000, for a change of 14.1%
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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