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State Membership Report
Florida
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 |
+186 |
+1,669,225 |
180.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+211 |
+599,659 |
2080.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+595 |
+421,369 |
48.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+245 |
+108,208 |
133.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+66 |
+60,584 |
15.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+185 |
+59,627 |
144.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+60 |
+57,243 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+147 |
+45,150 |
164.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+99 |
+41,896 |
124.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+46 |
+34,325 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+85 |
+29,099 |
199.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+66 |
+26,102 |
80.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+67 |
+25,596 |
39.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+33 |
+24,798 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+66 |
+23,361 |
18.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+80 |
+19,326 |
225.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+77 |
+19,173 |
36.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+100 |
+18,383 |
71.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+50 |
+16,604 |
30.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+32 |
+13,894 |
55.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+41 |
+13,218 |
9.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+74 |
+7,462 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+45 |
+7,174 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+76 |
+6,476 |
62.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+132 |
+6,472 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+4,427 |
30.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+4,017 |
432.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+38 |
+3,395 |
374.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+2,815 |
101.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+17 |
+2,561 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+2,460 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
+2,419 |
170.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+2,416 |
273.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,412 |
27.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+2,274 |
71.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,229 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+17 |
+2,130 |
56.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+2,065 |
525.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+1,926 |
235.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+1,453 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,394 |
65.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+798 |
37.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+712 |
647.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+689 |
154.0% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+621 |
n.a. |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+551 |
101.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+500 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+462 |
222.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+432 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+178 |
n.a. |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+170 |
230.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+156 |
8.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+148 |
308.0% |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+143 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+114 |
n.a. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
73.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+24 |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-17 |
-2.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
-68 |
-2.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-119 |
-27.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-203 |
-14.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-629 |
-70.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-649 |
-56.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,162 |
-29.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,507 |
-6.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
-3,937 |
-44.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
-6,635 |
-32.0% |
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Totals:
+3,252
| +3,385,689 |
+109.7% |
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The population of these 67 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 8,120,543; in 2000 it was 15,982,378. The total population changed 23.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (3,103,524) represent 38.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (6,576,205) include 41.1% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 68 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 68 groups had 3,085,989 adherents in 1980 and 6,471,678 adherents in 2000, for a change of 109.7%
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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