Delaware
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 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+270 |
113.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,881 |
91.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+211 |
69.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,398 |
55.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,351 |
55.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+54 |
45.8% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+4,000 |
42.1% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+223 |
33.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+35,399 |
30.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+1,260 |
29.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+59 |
22.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+448 |
21.9% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+40 |
20.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+114 |
19.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+155 |
14.6% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+82 |
12.2% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+34 |
11.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+149 |
10.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+538 |
9.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+225 |
8.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+109 |
5.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+71 |
4.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+11 |
1.4% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+6 |
0.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-26 |
-0.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-12 |
-1.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-149 |
-2.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-314 |
-2.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-1,620 |
-2.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-521 |
-3.4% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-10 |
-24.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,150 |
-36.5% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-592 |
-49.3% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-369 |
-60.1% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-111 |
-78.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-728 |
-79.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+29 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+18
| +42,515 |
+16.0% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 666,168; in 2000 it was 783,600. The total population changed 17.6%. The adherent totals for 1990 (306,364) represent 46.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (318,122) include 40.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 37 groups had 265,663 adherents in 1990 and 308,178 adherents in 2000, for a change of 16.0%
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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