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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+12,061 |
838.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+145 |
169.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,286 |
150.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,237 |
132.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,108 |
115.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,398 |
103.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,089 |
78.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+340 |
56.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+1,953 |
55.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+26 |
52.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+2,031 |
48.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+48,680 |
47.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+497 |
45.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+338 |
39.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+237 |
37.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+72 |
29.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+62 |
26.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+120 |
19.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+283 |
14.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1 |
0.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-1,018 |
-2.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-123 |
-6.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,077 |
-12.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-136 |
-15.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-1,191 |
-15.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-5,703 |
-30.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-350 |
-36.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-450 |
-47.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-362 |
-52.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-33 |
-52.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-208 |
-68.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-211 |
-88.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,000 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+715 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+245 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+516 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+2,076 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+456 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+172 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+2,928 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+29 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+82
| +73,239 |
+30.8% |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 594,338; in 2000 it was 783,600. The total population changed 17.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (238,492) represent 40.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (318,122) include 40.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 41 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 41 groups had 237,765 adherents in 1980 and 311,004 adherents in 2000, for a change of 30.8%
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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