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^†
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	254	0.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	29	10,027	4.4
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	322	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	2	366	0.2
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	1	115	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	616	0.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	87	28,585	12.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	25	2,533	1.1
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	16	5,206	2.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	173	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	65	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	24	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	15	n.a.	n.a.
Catholic Church	Catholic	102	272,474	120.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	18	8,035	3.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	17	6,413	2.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	55	19,588	8.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	5	865	0.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	26	5,043	2.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,107	0.9
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	8	275	0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	163	66,334	29.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	73	0.0
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	50	14,285	6.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	45	6,536	2.9
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,588	0.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	92	21,275	9.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	11	0.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	43	15,659	6.9
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	3,867	1.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,946	0.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	77	34,963	15.4
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	180	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,852	0.8
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	37	3,691	1.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,652	0.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	2,601	1.2
Hindu	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	42	0.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	10	13,750	6.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	19,635	8.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	54	27,780	12.3
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	417	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	216	0.1
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	10	27,100	12.0
Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	246	0.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	49	16,106	7.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,416	1.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,494	0.7
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	6	690	0.3
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	183	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	5	5,602	2.5
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	207	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	2	174	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,503	1.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	2	509	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	398	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	257	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	8	470	0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	65	23,698	10.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	4	480	0.2
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	3,787	1.7
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	200	0.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	62	17,532	7.7
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	61	15,157	6.7
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	125	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	105	0.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	9	2,520	1.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	22	5,373	2.4
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	90	23,399	10.3
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	165	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	422	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,508	0.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	3,452	1.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,086	0.5
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,609	758,779
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		853,484

The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,793,476; in 2000 it was 2,265,223. The total population changed 26.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (758,779) include 33.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (853,484) include 37.7% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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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