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State Membership Report
Louisiana
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 |
+119 |
+116,341 |
18.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+52 |
+19,128 |
64.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+36 |
+78,519 |
6.0% |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
+4,297 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+832 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+20 |
+4,833 |
43.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+3,642 |
2365.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+23,625 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+5,071 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,494 |
32.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-1,866 |
-12.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
-4,880 |
-13.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+954 |
60.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+191 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+398 |
144.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+770 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,147 |
14.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,422 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+272 |
373.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+1,547 |
138.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+531 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+84 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+177 |
3.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+375 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+111 |
40.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+9 |
8.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+99 |
83.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+12 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+7,731 |
88.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+105 |
38.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-4.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-387 |
-62.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-19.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+42 |
49.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+105 |
12.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+502 |
21.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-221 |
-7.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-811 |
-23.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-371 |
-7.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-5,638 |
-28.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,050 |
-68.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-5,705 |
-59.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
+2,848 |
50.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
-1,374 |
-24.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
-1,899 |
-18.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-17 |
-10,847 |
-34.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-43 |
-9,175 |
-5.0% |
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Totals:
+285
| +235,970 |
+9.9% |
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The population of these 64 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 4,205,900; in 2000 it was 4,468,976. The total population changed 5.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (2,382,252) represent 56.6% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,627,028) include 58.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 47 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 47 groups had 2,371,578 adherents in 1980 and 2,607,548 adherents in 2000, for a change of 9.9%
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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