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State Membership Report
Iowa
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 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,067 |
1404.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+518 |
255.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+42 |
+9,150 |
232.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+3,878 |
154.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+85 |
139.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,345 |
100.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+35 |
+7,562 |
98.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,136 |
85.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+456 |
60.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+324 |
56.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+39 |
48.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+245 |
45.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+2,826 |
27.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+79 |
25.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
18.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+274 |
18.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+3,481 |
14.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+768 |
14.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+3,810 |
12.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+168 |
10.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+2,051 |
9.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
7.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+111 |
4.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-81 |
+18,610 |
3.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+539 |
2.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-27 |
+546 |
1.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-4.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-21 |
-16,152 |
-6.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
-8,169 |
-6.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-267 |
-9.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
-382 |
-13.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-670 |
-14.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-18 |
-11,842 |
-19.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-1,033 |
-19.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-979 |
-22.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-49 |
-68,092 |
-22.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-3,285 |
-23.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-19 |
-9,573 |
-27.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+13 |
-1,787 |
-28.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-903 |
-28.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-5,103 |
-29.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-19 |
-35,112 |
-33.0% |
| Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-229 |
-34.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-6,350 |
-41.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,594 |
-42.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-182 |
-65.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-2,428 |
-77.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,155 |
-78.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-143 |
-83.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,116 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+5,952 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+157 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+714 |
n.a. |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+63 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,585 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+426 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+11,110 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+421 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+5,000 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+6 |
+1,758 |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+134 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+563 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+451 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
0 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
37
| +-83,891 |
-4.8% |
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The population of these 99 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 2,913,808; in 2000 it was 2,926,324. The total population changed 5.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,771,042) represent 60.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,711,426) include 58.5% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 64 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 64 groups had 1,758,078 adherents in 1980 and 1,674,187 adherents in 2000, for a change of -4.8%
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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