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State Membership Report
Georgia
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 |
+11 |
+163,975 |
78.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+192 |
+136,964 |
8.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+27 |
+41,950 |
43.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-45 |
+40,598 |
7.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+20,753 |
28.5% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+14,265 |
42.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+12,496 |
39.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+26 |
+11,317 |
34.7% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+9,269 |
62.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+9,212 |
14.7% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+8,089 |
57.4% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+5,846 |
15.1% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+5,137 |
99.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+4,649 |
14.3% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+4,500 |
4.4% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+4,094 |
14.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+4,000 |
130.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+3,474 |
183.3% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-16 |
+3,182 |
8.6% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,556 |
29.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,183 |
2.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+890 |
9.9% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+605 |
48.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+560 |
19.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+555 |
58.2% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+337 |
224.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+327 |
2.6% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+220 |
55.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+129 |
75.9% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+109 |
34.3% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+67 |
15.3% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+53 |
15.3% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+47 |
90.4% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+33 |
15.9% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
12.4% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-1.6% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-6.3% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-44.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-56 |
-14.7% |
| Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-61 |
-40.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-67 |
-0.5% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-71 |
-56.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-88 |
-0.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-160 |
-20.2% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-182 |
-11.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
-197 |
-7.1% |
| New Hope Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-223 |
-7.4% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-232 |
-59.9% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-478 |
-22.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-27 |
-582 |
-8.1% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-803 |
-22.5% |
| Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-2,073 |
-22.7% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+322
| +505,129 |
+16.5% |
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The population of these 159 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 6,478,216; in 2000 it was 8,186,453. The total population changed 26.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (3,730,757) represent 57.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,665,550) include 44.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 52 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 52 groups had 3,065,093 adherents in 1990 and 3,570,222 adherents in 2000, for a change of 16.5%
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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