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State Membership Report
California
Denominational Groups, 2000
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| 2,450,003 |
1,118,209 |
142,752 |
10,079,310 |
1,823,359 |
18,258,015 |
| Evangelical Protestant |
Mainline Protestant |
Orthodox |
Catholic |
Other |
Unclaimed |
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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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+455 |
+78,668 |
20.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+432 |
+124,134 |
31.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+361 |
+121,147 |
64.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+305 |
+37,906 |
48.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+295 |
+917,461 |
1199.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+246 |
+25,574 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+124 |
+6,672 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+114 |
+29,077 |
194.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+112 |
+134,355 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+88 |
+40,273 |
289.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+87 |
+38,497 |
26.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+69 |
+28,225 |
134.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+68 |
+195,425 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+67 |
+23,858 |
n.a. |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+65 |
+5,320,060 |
112.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+64 |
-23,662 |
-12.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+63 |
+10,021 |
402.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+62 |
+3,891 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+62 |
+8,262 |
55.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+61 |
+8,850 |
801.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+58 |
-31,361 |
-12.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+58 |
+29,668 |
74.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+56 |
+3,885 |
8.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+41 |
+35,010 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+39 |
+7,451 |
9.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+35 |
+11,852 |
101.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+6,350 |
119.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+9,462 |
129.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+19,471 |
134.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
-5,023 |
-6.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
-17,956 |
-12.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+25 |
+6,075 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
-16,681 |
-48.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+23 |
-15,435 |
-8.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
-6,062 |
-34.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+1,555 |
71.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
-821 |
-8.0% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+931 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+8 |
+7,884 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+5,580 |
18.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+555 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+2,813 |
n.a. |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+899 |
96.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,557 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+31,875 |
61.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,854 |
26.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+1,475 |
24.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-2,362 |
-17.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+560 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-3,901 |
-58.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+285 |
102.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,081 |
32.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+126 |
12.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+132 |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+6,060 |
186.0% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+15 |
n.a. |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-189 |
-61.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+1,598 |
12.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+28 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+167 |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-17,486 |
-26.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+97 |
66.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-34,721 |
-17.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-7,624 |
-46.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-32 |
-32.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+390 |
57.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-567 |
-62.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,036 |
-38.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-2,507 |
-39.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-61,876 |
-21.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-24 |
-15,266 |
-30.0% |
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Totals:
+3,828
| +7,085,529 |
+87.9% |
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The population of these 58 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 23,667,902; in 2000 it was 33,871,648. The total population changed 13.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (8,091,781) represent 34.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (15,613,633) include 46.1% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 71 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 71 groups had 8,057,625 adherents in 1980 and 15,143,154 adherents in 2000, for a change of 87.9%
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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