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Denominational Groups, 2000

250,731 106,353 1,179 617,262 27,418 589,440
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +44 +1,708 1.2%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +9 +3,046 33.7%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +6 +1,651 17.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant +4 +1,314 71.1%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +4 +7,040 299.6%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +3 +498 22.4%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,055 36.4%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +2 +384 404.2%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +2 -17 -0.8%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 +85 28.3%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +1 +30 75.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +2,044 19.4%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,878 19.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +1 +443 357.3%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +129 40.3%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 -678 -84.4%
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +121 37.6%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -101 -0.7%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 -581 -2.6%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -19 -39.6%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 -75 -79.8%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +1,000 10.0%
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 +19 90.5%
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -53 -0.4%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +1,367 442.4%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +192 49.2%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -1 +564 28.2%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant -1 +221 82.2%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant -1 -32 -31.4%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -2 -494 -17.6%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant -2 +2 1.7%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -2 +596 32.4%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant -2 -164 -77.4%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -2 -2,404 -45.5%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -2 +4,888 11.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant -6 +22,830 105.3%
Catholic Church Catholic -7 +139,774 29.3%
  Totals: +55 +188,261 +23.3%

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,324,749; in 2000 it was 1,592,383. The total population changed 20.2%. The adherent totals for 1990 (844,998) represent 63.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,002,943) include 63.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 37 groups had 806,793 adherents in 1990 and 995,054 adherents in 2000, for a change of 23.3%

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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