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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 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+467 |
1167.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+8,281 |
425.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,548 |
281.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+791 |
120.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+4,000 |
107.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+334 |
97.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+2,382 |
90.1% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+369 |
86.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+153 |
85.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,053 |
83.3% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+32,840 |
65.7% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+80 |
61.5% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+673 |
58.3% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+133 |
56.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+11,783 |
55.1% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+24 |
+319,219 |
48.7% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+46 |
37.1% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+19 |
35.2% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+50 |
29.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+14,920 |
27.4% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
+6,175 |
26.2% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+174 |
+52,213 |
26.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+453 |
21.1% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+3,152 |
21.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+4,324 |
16.1% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+12 |
+10,825 |
15.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+86 |
15.2% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+166 |
14.9% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+590 |
14.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+251 |
12.6% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
+66 |
10.5% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
+413 |
8.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,269 |
5.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+537 |
4.4% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+58 |
3.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+38 |
2.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+430 |
1.3% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+18 |
0.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+53 |
0.4% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-264 |
-2.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-863 |
-5.6% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-2,575 |
-7.1% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-27 |
-7.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-6,272 |
-10.5% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+55 |
-24,371 |
-15.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-75 |
-16.7% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-460 |
-17.3% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-21 |
-17.4% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-5,259 |
-30.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
-602 |
-33.3% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-591 |
-60.4% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-87 |
-70.7% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-395 |
-78.4% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-32 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+1,568 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+385
| +442,012 |
+28.6% |
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The population of these 15 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,665,228; in 2000 it was 5,130,632. The total population changed 40.0%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,577,427) represent 43.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,048,023) include 39.9% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 56 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 56 groups had 1,545,805 adherents in 1990 and 1,987,817 adherents in 2000, for a change of 28.6%
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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