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Metro Area Membership Report
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
309 |
1,676,993 |
238.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
287 |
71,597 |
10.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
220 |
87,993 |
12.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
217 |
47,859 |
6.8 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
187 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
144 |
57,061 |
8.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
142 |
56,564 |
8.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
126 |
44,953 |
6.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
114 |
36,184 |
5.1 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
109 |
36,328 |
5.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
104 |
12,021 |
1.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
103 |
218,700 |
31.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
81 |
16,580 |
2.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
80 |
26,389 |
3.8 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
77 |
5,469 |
0.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
77 |
25,535 |
3.6 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
59 |
11,860 |
1.7 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
52 |
14,504 |
2.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
52 |
8,653 |
1.2 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
50 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
47 |
8,800 |
1.3 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
47 |
79,547 |
11.3 |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships |
Evangelical Protestant |
41 |
7,419 |
1.1 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
39 |
3,703 |
0.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
36 |
8,590 |
1.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
7,551 |
1.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
30,600 |
4.4 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
8,147 |
1.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
4,821 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
6,967 |
1.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
3,601 |
0.5 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
3,955 |
0.6 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
4,022 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
18,483 |
2.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
1,613 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
1,634 |
0.2 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,770 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
18 |
5,086 |
0.7 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
838 |
0.1 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
3,332 |
0.5 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
15 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,378 |
0.3 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,076 |
0.2 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
12 |
13,068 |
1.9 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
770 |
0.1 |
| Tao |
Other Theology |
12 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
804 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,893 |
0.3 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
1,111 |
0.2 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,540 |
0.2 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
10 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
10 |
2,686 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
738 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
546 |
0.1 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
8 |
3,374 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
14,950 |
2.1 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,035 |
0.3 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
497 |
0.1 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,601 |
0.2 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,039 |
0.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
524 |
0.1 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
3 |
3,388 |
0.5 |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
424 |
0.1 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese |
Orthodox |
3 |
799 |
0.1 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
133 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
894 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
470 |
0.1 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis |
Orthodox |
2 |
662 |
0.1 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
2 |
400 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
88 |
0.0 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
250 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,804 |
0.3 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
2,800 |
0.4 |
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the |
Orthodox |
1 |
150 |
0.0 |
| United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
108 |
0.0 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
318 |
0.1 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
150 |
0.0 |
| Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
15 |
0.0 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
3,656 |
0.5 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
7 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 3,429 |
2,732,898 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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3,226,386 |
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The population of these 10 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 6,253,311; in 2000 it was 7,039,362. The total population changed 12.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,732,898) include 38.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,226,386) include 45.8% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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