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Denominational Groups, 2000

117,715 31,237 111 17,314 4,304 155,040
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +8 +20,769 42.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +10 +9,957 93.0%
Catholic Church Catholic +1 +5,550 47.0%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +5 +2,812 n.a.
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +20 +2,135 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +4 +2,000 176.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,800 n.a.
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +3 +1,603 11.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -3 +1,410 72.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,316 53.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +2 +454 n.a.
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +2 +410 n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 +365 47.0%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant +2 +279 n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 +206 49.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +2 +165 n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +164 121.0%
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. Evangelical Protestant +4 +143 n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant -2 +131 19.0%
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +90 n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +86 37.0%
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +82 45.0%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 +32 19.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +1 +32 n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +26 n.a.
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant +1 +18 n.a.
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 +14 n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +1 +2 0.0%
Christian Union Evangelical Protestant -1 -2 -5.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -23 -12.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -49 -68.0%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant -1 -74 -85.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +1 -95 -5.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 -177 -22.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant +1 -252 -4.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -10 -354 -7.0%
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant +2 -397 -41.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -495 -67.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 0 -506 -32.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -8 -742 -13.0%
  Totals: +54 +48,885 +40.9%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 228,118; in 2000 it was 325,721. The total population changed 23.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (119,660) represent 52.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (170,681) include 52.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 40 groups had 119,382 adherents in 1980 and 168,267 adherents in 2000, for a change of 40.9%

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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