Idaho
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 |
+1 |
+1,022 |
3650.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,646 |
661.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+722 |
587.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+487 |
293.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+298 |
218.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+467 |
132.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+175 |
114.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+1,429 |
111.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+373 |
100.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+344 |
86.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-4 |
+60,371 |
86.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+6,371 |
70.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
+728 |
49.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+5,666 |
43.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+75 |
38.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,902 |
32.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,781 |
29.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+287 |
+70,829 |
29.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
+139 |
18.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+117 |
11.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+155 |
8.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+925 |
6.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+526 |
4.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+536 |
4.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+23 |
1.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-8.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-199 |
-18.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,551 |
-18.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,453 |
-20.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-4,620 |
-21.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,298 |
-24.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-946 |
-34.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-117 |
-36.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-2,647 |
-40.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-1,478 |
-48.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-41 |
-51.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,028 |
-55.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-110 |
-58.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+763 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+303 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+459 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+322 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+6,100 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,800 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+824 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+435
| +152,186 |
+32.6% |
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The population of these 44 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 943,935; in 2000 it was 1,293,953. The total population changed 28.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (466,844) represent 49.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (627,262) include 48.5% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 45 groups had 466,371 adherents in 1980 and 618,557 adherents in 2000, for a change of 32.6%
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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