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Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

253,446 123,852 4,918 272,474 104,089 1,506,444
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 Adherence Rate
Catholic Church Catholic 106 249,919 157.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 95 31,578 19.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 87 40,160 25.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 83 22,290 14.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 69 36,899 23.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 67 18,745 11.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 63 15,264 9.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 61 27,847 17.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 49 17,609 11.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 46 19,717 12.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 42 19,807 12.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 40 5,319 3.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 38 12,546 7.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 33 11,219 7.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 27 10,580 6.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 26 7,221 4.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 24 5,097 3.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 23 9,120 5.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 22 8,864 5.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 22 9,878 6.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 20 3,669 2.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 15 1,046 0.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 11 2,822 1.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 11 846 0.5
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 10 2,338 1.5
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 9 1,070 0.7
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 9 970 0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 9 1,480 0.9
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 7 1,914 1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 7 1,672 1.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 1,172 0.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 5 936 0.6
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 4 736 0.5
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 4 187 0.1
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 257 0.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 3 182 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 3 146 0.1
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 3 295 0.2
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America Evangelical Protestant 3 1,161 0.7
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 3 518 0.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 2 710 0.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 114 0.1
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 2 158 0.1
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 746 0.5
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 2 525 0.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 2,862 1.8
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 215 0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 270 0.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.1
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Mainline Protestant 1 160 0.1
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 112 0.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 252 0.2
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) Evangelical Protestant 1 142 0.1
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 25 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 1,191 609,484  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,583,467. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (609,484) include 38.5% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.