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State Membership Report
Arizona
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 |
+50 |
+489,858 |
101.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+308 |
+112,796 |
81.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+27 |
+73,198 |
864.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+67 |
+61,069 |
281.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+34,130 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+32 |
+31,519 |
83.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+29,755 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+93 |
+27,667 |
25.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+35 |
+27,655 |
502.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+8,267 |
50.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+8,077 |
35.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+5,525 |
44.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+4,648 |
151.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+4,493 |
843.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+4,230 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+3,857 |
61.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+3,136 |
37.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+46 |
+3,091 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,061 |
32.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,702 |
360.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+2,600 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+1,568 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,189 |
464.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,026 |
144.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,013 |
28.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+20 |
+961 |
2.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+850 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+823 |
6.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+781 |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+769 |
73.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+746 |
2.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+688 |
44.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+675 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+652 |
109.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+553 |
5.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+540 |
101.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+507 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+474 |
268.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+388 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+343 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+320 |
85.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+225 |
15.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+211 |
4.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+186 |
101.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+181 |
452.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+154 |
275.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+121 |
18.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+100 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+37 |
28.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+36 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+27 |
59.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+21 |
0.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-62 |
-16.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-174 |
-44.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-186 |
-33.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-334 |
-13.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-412 |
-79.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-1,291 |
-50.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
-3,952 |
-18.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-5,294 |
-31.0% |
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Totals:
+1,070
| +945,874 |
+88.7% |
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The population of these 15 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 2,718,215; in 2000 it was 5,130,632. The total population changed 40.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,068,048) represent 39.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,048,023) include 39.9% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 62 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 62 groups had 1,066,513 adherents in 1980 and 2,012,387 adherents in 2000, for a change of 88.7%
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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