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Denominational Groups, 2000

44,074 29,638 171 38,197 2,568 86,789
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
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +1 +3,686 32.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +2,476 40.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +6 +1,588 36.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +859 11.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +521 501.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +340 45.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +322 60.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +2 +213 n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +171 n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 0 +158 89.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +117 141.0%
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +74 148.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 +63 1260.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant -1 +18 12.0%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 +17 n.a.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -13 -59.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -22 -15.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant +1 -54 -3.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -1 -131 -21.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 -139 -4.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -165 -61.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -225 -38.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 -230 -48.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 -252 -19.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 -331 -28.0%
Catholic Church Catholic -2 -356 -1.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -454 -25.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -639 -68.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -3 -843 -11.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +1 -1,043 -26.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -2 -2,537 -17.0%
  Totals: 9 +3,189 +2.9%

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 187,789; in 2000 it was 201,437. The total population changed 6.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (109,879) represent 58.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (114,648) include 56.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 31 groups had 109,779 adherents in 1980 and 112,968 adherents in 2000, for a change of 2.9%

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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