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State Membership Report
Indiana
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 |
-35 |
+111,821 |
15.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+55 |
+51,620 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+227 |
+38,774 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+38,435 |
23.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+79 |
+33,706 |
37.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+70 |
+16,130 |
40.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+40 |
+13,063 |
86.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+12,966 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+10,361 |
136.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+8,169 |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+6,824 |
70.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
+6,392 |
89.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+5,612 |
663.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+5,292 |
70.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+4,201 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+3,955 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+2,678 |
94.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+142 |
+2,546 |
15.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+2,243 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,740 |
396.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,584 |
16.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+1,423 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
+1,219 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,142 |
1.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,003 |
135.0% |
| Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+986 |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+830 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+769 |
68.0% |
| Separate Baptists in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+750 |
37.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+750 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+747 |
79.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+743 |
13.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+455 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+445 |
13.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+430 |
252.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+397 |
16.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+396 |
n.a. |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+331 |
35.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+300 |
111.0% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+239 |
16.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+183 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+175 |
63.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+163 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+139 |
278.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+110 |
196.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+79 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+56 |
7.0% |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+49 |
n.a. |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+26 |
9.0% |
| Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+20 |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+11 |
n.a. |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-43 |
-41.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-70 |
-48.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-100 |
-3.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-105 |
-26.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-333 |
-39.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-502 |
-59.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-669 |
-41.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,912 |
-29.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,972 |
-63.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
-3,170 |
-8.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
-5,781 |
-28.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-6,555 |
-26.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
-9,738 |
-47.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-11,390 |
-67.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-12,922 |
-15.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-41 |
-12,925 |
-18.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-13,197 |
-20.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-62 |
-20,348 |
-20.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-27,369 |
-56.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-45 |
-31,051 |
-21.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-25 |
-36,780 |
-34.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-140 |
-97,721 |
-25.0% |
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Totals:
+581
| +97,900 |
+4.1% |
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The population of these 92 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 5,490,224; in 2000 it was 6,080,485. The total population changed 9.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (2,413,434) represent 44.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,608,794) include 42.9% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 74 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 74 groups had 2,388,875 adherents in 1980 and 2,486,775 adherents in 2000, for a change of 4.1%
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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