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Denominational Groups, 2000

66,304 35,493 808 21,711 5,267 163,417
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
Catholic Church Catholic +1 +7,148 49.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +7 +6,232 15.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +1 +2,185 268.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 0 +1,575 91.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,528 124.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -1 +1,412 77.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 +1,376 66.0%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +4 +1,017 522.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +4 +777 83.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +738 n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 +535 11.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +441 45.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 +331 828.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 0 +239 1.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +205 65.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +2 +106 n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +101 61.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +1 +100 n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +77 157.0%
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox +1 +70 n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 +61 1.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +3 +42 4.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant -1 -39 -6.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 0 -41 -6.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 -41 -29.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -2 -60 -6.0%
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -115 -38.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 -153 -46.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 -608 -71.0%
  Totals: +24 +25,239 +24.7%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 230,728; in 2000 it was 293,000. The total population changed 13.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (102,706) represent 44.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (129,583) include 44.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 29 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 29 groups had 102,355 adherents in 1980 and 127,594 adherents in 2000, for a change of 24.7%

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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