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Metro Area Membership Report
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA
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 |
+22 |
+500,102 |
52.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+91 |
+241,873 |
700.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+219 |
+41,375 |
18.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+71 |
+39,652 |
61.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+35 |
+38,295 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+83 |
+26,069 |
114.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+21,535 |
244.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+11 |
+19,974 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+40 |
+18,924 |
81.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+16,252 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+48 |
+16,239 |
78.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+54 |
+15,228 |
262.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+11,284 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+6,387 |
8085.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+4,317 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+4,106 |
46.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+2,918 |
42.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,733 |
218.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,483 |
34.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+2,417 |
138.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,853 |
461.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,795 |
542.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+1,585 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+1,567 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+1,452 |
19.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,450 |
120.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,436 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,186 |
20.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+1,164 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,015 |
127.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+996 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+959 |
155.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+671 |
160.0% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+621 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+545 |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+474 |
105.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+454 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+400 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+367 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+280 |
n.a. |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+242 |
28.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+191 |
48.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+151 |
32.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+76 |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+24 |
13.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
9.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-24.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-14 |
-28.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-59 |
-48.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-68 |
-42.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-234 |
-26.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-239 |
-8.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-601 |
-4.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-1,368 |
-59.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,988 |
-14.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-2,050 |
-6.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-2,373 |
-39.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-5,130 |
-15.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-105 |
-12,254 |
-14.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-12,886 |
-9.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-35 |
-17,789 |
-5.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-18,233 |
-12.0% |
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Totals:
+851
| +977,860 |
+42.9% |
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The population of these 33 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 5,790,490; in 2000 it was 7,608,070. The total population changed 13.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (2,334,456) represent 40.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,441,674) include 45.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 64 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 64 groups had 2,281,293 adherents in 1980 and 3,259,153 adherents in 2000, for a change of 42.9%
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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