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Redding, CA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

18,127 3,745 123 11,989 5,075 124,197
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 % Change
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 0 +27 7.5%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,599 -49.3%
Catholic Church Catholic -1 -509 -4.1%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +686 33.6%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 +62 108.8%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -1 -173 -87.4%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -12 -20.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant +1 +250 480.8%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 0 +6 15.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +2 +164 3.5%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 +327 36.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +143 20.4%
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant +1 n.a. n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 +22 3.8%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +85 85.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 +28 4.7%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -5 -15.2%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 +8 25.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,150 95.8%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 +325 144.4%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +5 3.4%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -103 -17.8%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 0 -1 -1.6%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 0 -25 -4.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -159 -31.9%
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 0 -59 -59.6%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +107 116.3%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +135 9.4%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +2 -982 -35.6%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -21 -63.6%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 +46 12.4%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 0 -6 -0.5%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +115 23.1%
  Totals: +10 +37 +.1%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 147,036; in 2000 it was 163,256. The total population changed 11.0%. The adherent totals for 1990 (36,958) represent 25.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (39,059) include 23.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 32 groups had 36,004 adherents in 1990 and 36,041 adherents in 2000, for a change of .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 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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