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 |
18 |
100,005 |
169.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
51 |
36,846 |
62.5 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
19,449 |
33.0 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
7 |
17,500 |
29.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
18 |
13,041 |
22.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
8,197 |
13.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
6,514 |
11.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
3,600 |
6.1 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
3,400 |
5.8 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,888 |
4.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,845 |
4.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,705 |
4.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
2,455 |
4.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,288 |
3.9 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
2,062 |
3.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,771 |
3.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,580 |
2.7 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
1,528 |
2.6 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,335 |
2.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,148 |
2.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,140 |
1.9 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,000 |
1.7 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
968 |
1.6 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
964 |
1.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
896 |
1.5 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
838 |
1.4 |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
817 |
1.4 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
777 |
1.3 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
693 |
1.2 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
684 |
1.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
680 |
1.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
631 |
1.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
633 |
1.1 |
| National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
583 |
1.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
3 |
518 |
0.9 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
507 |
0.9 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
420 |
0.7 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
370 |
0.6 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
328 |
0.6 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
326 |
0.6 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
269 |
0.5 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
248 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
248 |
0.4 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
189 |
0.3 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
175 |
0.3 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
2 |
174 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
136 |
0.2 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
109 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
107 |
0.2 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
92 |
0.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.1 |
| Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
77 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
78 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
75 |
0.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
70 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
49 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
33 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 360 |
247,188 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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284,360 |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 489,483; in 2000 it was 589,959. The total population changed 20.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (247,188) include 41.9% of the total population in 2000. The
adjusted total adherents (284,360) include 48.2% 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/grc [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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