Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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 |
% Change |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+514 |
489.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+735 |
148.5% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+3 |
+45,067 |
131.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,315 |
123.9% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+478 |
106.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+4,285 |
82.6% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+115 |
82.1% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+975 |
79.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,197 |
76.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,969 |
76.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+4,325 |
76.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+794 |
70.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+664 |
68.3% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+297 |
63.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+2,451 |
62.9% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+208 |
50.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+656 |
42.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,241 |
37.5% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+2,635 |
32.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+869 |
27.3% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+44 |
21.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+11,852 |
17.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,551 |
15.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+222 |
15.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+794 |
11.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,451 |
10.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,931 |
7.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+9,013 |
6.1% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+63 |
2.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-16 |
-886 |
-17.3% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-321 |
-20.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-109 |
-29.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-74 |
-35.2% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,472 |
-41.4% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-552 |
-54.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+196 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+293 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+63
| +95,786 |
+26.3% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 855,545; in 2000 it was 1,187,941. The total population changed 38.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (457,355) represent 53.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (477,847) include 40.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 38 groups had 363,764 adherents in 1990 and 459,550 adherents in 2000, for a change of 26.3%
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 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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