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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 |
+9 |
+349,106 |
86.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+31 |
+66,252 |
1153.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+54,575 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+113 |
+40,552 |
78.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+25,025 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+87 |
+18,523 |
28.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+14,718 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+33 |
+12,337 |
43.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+20 |
+12,197 |
22.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+44 |
+11,361 |
312.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+10,698 |
74.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+5,701 |
532.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+4,489 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+4,413 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+4,341 |
78.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,972 |
161.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,851 |
174.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,677 |
49.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+2,156 |
165.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,834 |
172.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,669 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,653 |
79.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,385 |
32.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,094 |
44.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+1,082 |
7.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,039 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+821 |
5.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+662 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+594 |
84.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+589 |
1.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+477 |
434.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+448 |
17.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+367 |
166.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+353 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+339 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+263 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+236 |
319.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+204 |
265.0% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+109 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+90 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+68 |
32.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+23 |
18.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
2.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
-40 |
-2.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-72.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-131 |
-20.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-149 |
-86.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-302 |
-21.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-360 |
-30.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-1,349 |
-6.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,599 |
-6.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-2,240 |
-12.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-2,778 |
-21.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,373 |
-67.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-4,225 |
-11.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-4,884 |
-25.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-10,139 |
-18.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-22,135 |
-22.0% |
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Totals:
+645
| +606,585 |
+58.0% |
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The population of these 63 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 2,889,964; in 2000 it was 4,301,261. The total population changed 30.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,050,387) represent 36.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,697,259) include 39.5% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 58 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 58 groups had 1,046,655 adherents in 1980 and 1,653,240 adherents in 2000, for a change of 58.0%
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 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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