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Denominational Groups, 2000

49,249 94,302 2,955 144,805 14,529 312,363
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
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 0 +2,670 634.2%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant +2 +428 312.4%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant -1 +27 168.8%
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 +330 129.4%
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +343 94.5%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +1 +2,209 62.8%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,901 55.3%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +3 +298 55.0%
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 +86 43.4%
Catholic Church Catholic -5 +39,250 37.2%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +130 31.6%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +406 29.6%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 +53 19.4%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +280 14.2%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +3 +228 10.2%
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +90 6.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +24 0.6%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 0 0.0%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 -1 -0.5%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -2 -119 -2.9%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -2 -84 -3.3%
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 0 -4 -4.9%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant -2 -153 -5.7%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 -400 -6.3%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -1 -3,991 -8.4%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant -1 -104 -10.9%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 -572 -11.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +2 -5 -11.1%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant -3 -202 -11.4%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -3 -714 -15.7%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +4 -852 -15.8%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant -1 -102 -15.8%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 -60 -16.5%
Old Missionary Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 0 -14 -16.9%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 0 -32 -17.9%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -118 -18.2%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 0 -56 -19.7%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -3 -6,305 -19.8%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 -54 -20.1%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -9 -20.5%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -2 -1,560 -22.1%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 -1,804 -26.4%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -2,374 -36.6%
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant -1 -269 -45.4%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant -4 -2,480 -80.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
  Totals: -11 +26,315 +9.9%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 614,128; in 2000 it was 618,203. The total population changed 0.7%. The adherent totals for 1990 (295,278) represent 48.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (305,840) include 49.5% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 45 groups had 266,475 adherents in 1990 and 292,790 adherents in 2000, for a change of 9.9%

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 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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