Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+79,080 |
197.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+5,219 |
98.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,584 |
53.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,471 |
143.5% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,196 |
27.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+722 |
92.2% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+690 |
255.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+556 |
1853.3% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+429 |
111.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+415 |
46.1% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+244 |
18.6% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+192 |
15.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
6.9% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+55 |
85.9% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+54 |
49.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+27 |
3.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+14 |
26.9% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+3 |
7.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-3 |
-0.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-7 |
-2.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
-25 |
-6.7% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-30 |
-24.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-3 |
-41 |
-0.8% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-51 |
-63.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-100 |
-7.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-106 |
-8.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-128 |
-15.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-194 |
-10.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-195 |
-7.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-245 |
-15.7% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-311 |
-9.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-417 |
-37.1% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-474 |
-73.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-642 |
-58.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-863 |
-26.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-960 |
-10.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,055 |
-23.6% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-2,125 |
-71.4% |
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Totals:
+6
| +84,063 |
+81.5% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 311,921; in 2000 it was 368,021. The total population changed 18.0%. The adherent totals for 1990 (104,787) represent 33.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (190,624) include 51.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 39 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 39 groups had 103,153 adherents in 1990 and 187,216 adherents in 2000, for a change of 81.5%
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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