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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 |
% Change |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+112 |
+3,303 |
5.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+73 |
+198,834 |
1001.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+65 |
+11,974 |
33.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+50 |
+3,676 |
4.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+5,573 |
181.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+4,821 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
-2,151 |
-13.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+18,483 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+3,848 |
3596.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,737 |
45.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+2,822 |
60.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+26,337 |
618.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+1,555 |
1968.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+838 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+3,778 |
86.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,284 |
161.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+12 |
+13,068 |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
-4,726 |
-22.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+2,631 |
11.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+10 |
+2,686 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+9 |
-6,107 |
-10.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+546 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+9 |
-619 |
-2.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+3,847 |
123.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
-9,589 |
-21.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+14,950 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-279 |
-20.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,000 |
73.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+578 |
60.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-10,588 |
-19.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,777 |
31.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+510 |
37.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+279 |
114.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+139 |
15.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+303 |
70.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+250 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,804 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+420 |
9.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-133 |
-15.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,306 |
179.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+470 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+7 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+150 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2,854 |
-19.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-57 |
-39.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-2,752 |
-63.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-81 |
-84.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-238 |
0.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-487 |
-54.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-841 |
-63.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-2,767 |
-72.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,740 |
-33.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-7,592 |
-23.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-50 |
-1.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-767 |
-30.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-5 |
+649,366 |
63.0% |
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Totals:
+667
| +933,532 |
+55.6% |
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The population of these 10 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 5,367,925; in 2000 it was 7,039,362. The total population changed 12.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,689,652) represent 31.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,732,898) include 38.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 56 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 56 groups had 1,680,460 adherents in 1980 and 2,613,992 adherents in 2000, for a change of 55.6%
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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