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Metro Area Membership Report
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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+7 |
+8,834 |
758.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+1,560 |
434.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,838 |
342.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+8 |
+60,957 |
333.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+3,305 |
266.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+181 |
245.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+4,215 |
198.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+156 |
195.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+4,453 |
185.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,052 |
180.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+786 |
177.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+488 |
177.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,758 |
175.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,344 |
157.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+6,324 |
141.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,774 |
126.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+311 |
101.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+3,007 |
67.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,526 |
60.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
42.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+6,944 |
36.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+19,491 |
32.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+2,581 |
29.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+3,340 |
28.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+179 |
17.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+20,138 |
15.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-18 |
-891 |
-17.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-372 |
-44.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,236 |
-66.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,045 |
-80.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+196 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-59 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+1,662 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+293 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,149 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+9,475 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+2,082 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+137 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+249 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+927 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,200 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+188
| +171,325 |
+59.1% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 665,236; in 2000 it was 1,187,941. The total population changed 38.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (316,999) represent 47.7% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 41 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 41 groups had 289,665 adherents in 1980 and 460,990 adherents in 2000, for a change of 59.1%
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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