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State Membership Report
Alabama
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
3,148 |
1,380,121 |
310.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
1,416 |
327,734 |
73.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
895 |
119,049 |
26.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
386 |
68,766 |
15.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
367 |
59,970 |
13.5 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
168 |
150,647 |
33.9 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
165 |
23,716 |
5.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
158 |
34,551 |
7.8 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
147 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
123 |
13,635 |
3.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
118 |
45,041 |
10.1 |
| National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
113 |
16,984 |
3.8 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
108 |
24,020 |
5.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
88 |
3,908 |
0.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
80 |
16,792 |
3.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
69 |
20,397 |
4.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
68 |
4,082 |
0.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
63 |
11,488 |
2.6 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
61 |
6,590 |
1.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
56 |
9,572 |
2.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
4,601 |
1.0 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
36 |
6,286 |
1.4 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
3,972 |
0.9 |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
4,324 |
1.0 |
| Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
3,896 |
0.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
5,346 |
1.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
23 |
3,412 |
0.8 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
20 |
7,670 |
1.7 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,150 |
0.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
18 |
9,100 |
2.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,106 |
0.5 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,083 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,468 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
7,319 |
1.7 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
6,430 |
1.5 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
587 |
0.1 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,902 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,312 |
0.5 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
2,442 |
0.6 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
9 |
879 |
0.2 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
9 |
1,423 |
0.3 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
388 |
0.1 |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,175 |
0.3 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,200 |
0.3 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
444 |
0.1 |
| Progressive Primitive Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
530 |
0.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
285 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
305 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
230 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
166 |
0.0 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
4 |
2,796 |
0.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
8,304 |
1.9 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
3 |
204 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
525 |
0.1 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
273 |
0.1 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
210 |
0.1 |
| Independent Free Will Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
154 |
0.0 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
66 |
0.0 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
61 |
0.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
159 |
0.0 |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
50 |
0.0 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
405 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
218 |
0.1 |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
15 |
0.0 |
| Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.0 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
4 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
55 |
0.0 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
169 |
0.0 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
61 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 8,343 |
2,435,373 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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3,307,454 |
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The population of these 67 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,040,587; in 2000 it was 4,447,100. The total population changed 10.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,435,373) include 54.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,307,454) include 74.4% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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