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State Membership Report
Arkansas
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 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+498 |
647.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+560 |
622.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+46 |
131.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+9 |
+3,152 |
115.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+669 |
110.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+8 |
+59,056 |
104.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+18 |
+7,573 |
103.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+4,279 |
85.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+344 |
79.0% |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+31 |
74.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+218 |
63.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+255 |
46.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+633 |
42.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+36 |
+27,388 |
31.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,134 |
30.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,547 |
30.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+130 |
+142,322 |
27.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
+13,632 |
26.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-15 |
+16,818 |
24.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,291 |
16.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,442 |
11.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+8 |
7.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
-4,329 |
-5.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-19 |
-1,544 |
-12.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-12.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-228 |
-12.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-128 |
-35,143 |
-16.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,834 |
-17.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-122 |
-5,295 |
-17.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-1,273 |
-24.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-29.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-24 |
-30.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-126 |
-38.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-57 |
-50.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-155 |
-51.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-336 |
-53.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-55 |
-61.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-4,516 |
-76.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+162 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+124 |
+10,285 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+256 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+45 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+209 |
+26,268 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+15,374 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+483 |
n.a. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+346 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+33 |
+1,201 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+422 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+4,750 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+370
| +288,501 |
+23.4% |
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The population of these 75 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 2,378,488; in 2000 it was 2,673,400. The total population changed 13.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,237,489) represent 52.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,526,959) include 57.1% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 49 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 49 groups had 1,231,872 adherents in 1980 and 1,520,373 adherents in 2000, for a change of 23.4%
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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