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State Membership Report
Colorado
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 |
+12 |
+269,613 |
55.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
+28,125 |
106.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+15 |
+23,450 |
48.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+50 |
+22,013 |
31.3% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+7,264 |
93.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+6,985 |
20.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
+6,970 |
38.6% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+6,840 |
37.4% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+5,883 |
66.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+5,209 |
8.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,865 |
615.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+51 |
+3,456 |
4.2% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+2,409 |
115.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,990 |
32.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,779 |
58.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,708 |
20.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,232 |
55.3% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,182 |
26.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+861 |
42.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+638 |
21.8% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+541 |
48.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+480 |
14.7% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+272 |
86.1% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+214 |
222.9% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+182 |
183.8% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+149 |
12.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+62 |
0.4% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
34.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+21 |
0.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+19 |
7.8% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+16 |
3.9% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-10 |
-8.4% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-2.1% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-73 |
-2.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-158 |
-12.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-160 |
-7.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-176 |
-33.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-182 |
-55.3% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-229 |
-90.5% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
-258 |
-1.5% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-274 |
-24.4% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-288 |
-15.5% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-420 |
-55.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-453 |
-21.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-641 |
-3.7% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-956 |
-5.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,177 |
-3.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-1,180 |
-4.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-1,703 |
-7.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-4,377 |
-8.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-14,024 |
-15.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+192
| +376,690 |
+30.0% |
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The population of these 63 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,294,394; in 2000 it was 4,301,261. The total population changed 30.6%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,294,376) represent 39.3% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,697,259) include 39.5% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 51 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 51 groups had 1,254,794 adherents in 1990 and 1,631,484 adherents in 2000, for a change of 30.0%
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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