Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 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 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+404 |
475.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+653 |
416.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,180 |
335.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+59 |
310.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+259 |
291.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+3,204 |
280.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+4,364 |
242.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+913 |
160.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+245 |
148.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+503 |
124.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+179 |
62.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+8 |
+27,462 |
61.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,046 |
54.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+27 |
54.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,411 |
40.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+756 |
+222,946 |
39.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,432 |
37.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+244 |
30.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+94 |
19.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+311 |
6.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-97 |
-3.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-24 |
-5.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-30 |
-6.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-67 |
-8.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-932 |
-17.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-403 |
-26.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,302 |
-44.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-341 |
-47.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+996 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,453 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+800 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+20 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+104 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+821
| +271,188 |
+41.5% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 910,222; in 2000 it was 1,333,914. The total population changed 24.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (653,504) represent 71.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (931,499) include 69.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 34 groups had 653,504 adherents in 1980 and 924,692 adherents in 2000, for a change of 41.5%
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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