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Metro Area Membership Report
Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
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 |
+8 |
+24,238 |
847.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,891 |
360.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,851 |
305.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+18,916 |
213.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+5,213 |
185.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+3,292 |
172.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,387 |
161.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,100 |
130.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,061 |
101.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+76 |
+26,174 |
65.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+9,840 |
52.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+848 |
51.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+70 |
48.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+72 |
40.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+3,938 |
35.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
+4,324 |
28.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,217 |
23.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+42 |
20.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+129 |
18.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,739 |
14.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-4 |
+22,555 |
9.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+165 |
7.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
-77 |
0.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-4 |
-2.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-1,015 |
-5.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
-1,936 |
-5.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-553 |
-5.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-86 |
-7.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-4,149 |
-15.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-3,611 |
-18.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-27 |
-19.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-4,148 |
-21.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-63 |
-23.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-20 |
-24.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,848 |
-26.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-8,179 |
-26.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+13 |
-1,406 |
-28.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-3,465 |
-35.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-35.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-288 |
-41.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-4,077 |
-45.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-1,817 |
-50.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-566 |
-76.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-103 |
-90.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+275 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+2,601 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+13,750 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+19,635 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+174 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+509 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+173 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+398 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+470 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+125 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+366 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+3,452 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+316
| +136,513 |
+22.6% |
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The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 1,583,467; in 2000 it was 2,265,223. The total population changed 26.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (609,484) represent 38.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (758,779) include 33.5% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 56 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 56 groups had 604,606 adherents in 1980 and 741,119 adherents in 2000, for a change of 22.6%
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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