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Metro Area Membership Report
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
16 |
47,093 |
96.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
27,770 |
56.7 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
21,780 |
44.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
13,747 |
28.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
4 |
9,750 |
19.9 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
8,517 |
17.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
8,437 |
17.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
6,197 |
12.7 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
5,710 |
11.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
3,154 |
6.4 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,997 |
6.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,945 |
6.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
2,056 |
4.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,848 |
3.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,607 |
3.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,596 |
3.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,402 |
2.9 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,400 |
2.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,373 |
2.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,201 |
2.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
993 |
2.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
986 |
2.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
917 |
1.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
885 |
1.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
654 |
1.3 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
648 |
1.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
561 |
1.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
541 |
1.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
439 |
0.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
409 |
0.8 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
393 |
0.8 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
381 |
0.8 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
376 |
0.8 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
237 |
0.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
176 |
0.4 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
165 |
0.3 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
150 |
0.3 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
106 |
0.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
105 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
85 |
0.2 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
80 |
0.2 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
70 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
68 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
51 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.1 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
22 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
9 |
0.0 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 312 |
180,244 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 489,483. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (180,244) include 36.8% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†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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