Alaska
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 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+46 |
+20,000 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+30 |
+10,285 |
118.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+6,062 |
36.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Alaska Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+24 |
+2,562 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+20 |
+1,515 |
29.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+2,399 |
166.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,081 |
307.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+5,246 |
82.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+1,532 |
334.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+10 |
+16,021 |
42.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,346 |
86.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,818 |
179.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+1,111 |
160.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+368 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+1,329 |
131.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,272 |
53.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+871 |
20.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+4,720 |
71.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+828 |
179.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+53 |
40.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+268 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+7,600 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+158 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,568 |
61.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+393 |
140.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+3,238 |
1128.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,400 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+171 |
79.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+92 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-227 |
-30.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,890 |
496.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+671 |
270.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+201 |
591.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+450 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+600 |
10.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+190 |
71.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-103 |
-43.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-195 |
-43.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-209 |
-38.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-27 |
-54.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+287 |
14.0% |
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Totals:
+317
| +100,835 |
+91.5% |
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The population of these 28 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 401,851; in 2000 it was 626,932. The total population changed 14.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (110,815) represent 27.6% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (215,223) include 34.3% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 41 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 41 groups had 110,206 adherents in 1980 and 211,041 adherents in 2000, for a change of 91.5%
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 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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