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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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+275 |
+344,579 |
25.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+126 |
+6,588 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+120 |
+12,126 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+72 |
+17,214 |
250.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+61 |
+25,723 |
141.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+57 |
+12,312 |
34.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+52 |
+16,423 |
59.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+43 |
+20,103 |
165.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+41 |
+6,387 |
162.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+35 |
+80,130 |
138.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+40,003 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+34 |
+83,810 |
865.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+32 |
+13,758 |
59.0% |
| Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+7,078 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+47,530 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+5,369 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+9,053 |
26.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+22 |
+17,777 |
33.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,723 |
67.0% |
| New Hope Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,772 |
n.a. |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+16 |
+233,498 |
166.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,362 |
101.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+41 |
0.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,185 |
180.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+3,069 |
45.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-2,159 |
-39.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+8 |
+4,302 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+631 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,286 |
48.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+472 |
124.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-470 |
-22.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+642 |
33.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-323 |
-3.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+227 |
234.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,286 |
577.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+240 |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-21 |
-4.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+257 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+565 |
1027.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+29 |
11.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,418 |
n.a. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+285 |
201.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+219 |
221.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+99 |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+112 |
30.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+55 |
n.a. |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+161 |
68.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+60 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+245 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+145 |
n.a. |
| Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+90 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+48 |
n.a. |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+30 |
20.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+14,973 |
16.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-780 |
-22.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
+4,780 |
28.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-85 |
+81,765 |
17.0% |
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Totals:
+1,209
| +1,122,282 |
+45.7% |
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The population of these 159 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 5,463,105; in 2000 it was 8,186,453. The total population changed 26.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (2,467,653) represent 45.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,665,550) include 44.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 57 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 57 groups had 2,456,286 adherents in 1980 and 3,578,568 adherents in 2000, for a change of 45.7%
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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