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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
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 +469 404.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 +2,333 308.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +5 +4,260 291.0%
Christian Union Evangelical Protestant -1 +229 208.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +5 +3,333 166.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +2 +3,290 126.0%
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +377 115.0%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 +92 95.0%
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +34 68.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +606 52.0%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +139 35.0%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +362 19.0%
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +255 19.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +153 7.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -4 +130 6.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 0 +7 3.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +3 +111 2.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -2 -198 -5.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -2 -327 -8.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -82 -9.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant +2 -65 -10.0%
Catholic Church Catholic -4 -18,144 -11.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +1 -601 -14.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 -8,170 -16.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,453 -24.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -5 -9,315 -27.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant -3 -2,387 -30.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -445 -34.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology +1 -284 -35.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 -3,899 -44.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant -1 -385 -56.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant -3 -2,750 -64.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant -2 -841 -72.0%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant +1 +35 n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +400 n.a.
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant +1 +78 n.a.
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +3 +40 n.a.
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant +4 +284 n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +10 +4,114 n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +762 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +620 n.a.
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +3 +228 n.a.
Old Missionary Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant +1 +69 n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant +3 +147 n.a.
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant +2 +324 n.a.
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +3 +542 n.a.
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant +1 +43 n.a.
  Totals: 32 +-25,480 -8.0%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 616,864; in 2000 it was 618,203. The total population changed 0.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (319,621) represent 51.8% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 47 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 47 groups had 316,903 adherents in 1980 and 291,423 adherents in 2000, for a change of -8.0%

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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