Maine
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 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+1,987 |
47.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+13 |
-245 |
-6.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
+629 |
86.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+3,403 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
+1,318 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+2,827 |
166.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+10 |
+2,670 |
60.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,594 |
205.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+7,734 |
1391.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+795 |
416.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+63 |
28.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,640 |
171.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,270 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+2,532 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+142 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-154 |
-15.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+201 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-1,972 |
-26.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+29 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+183 |
30.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-103 |
-4.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,225 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+53 |
265.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+84 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+213 |
55.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+297 |
118.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+37 |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+66 |
18.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+17 |
7.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-17 |
-47.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-10 |
-6.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-53.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-117 |
-58.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+41 |
16.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+66 |
7.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,956 |
-12.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-4,316 |
-45.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-108 |
-4.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-6,380 |
-29.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-6 |
-1,850 |
-36.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-24 |
-6,135 |
-16.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-34 |
-11,545 |
-30.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-51 |
+7,148 |
3.0% |
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Totals:
16
| +2,321 |
+.5% |
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The population of these 16 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 1,124,660; in 2000 it was 1,274,923. The total population changed 3.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (459,894) represent 40.9% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (463,541) include 36.4% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 45 groups had 456,585 adherents in 1980 and 458,906 adherents in 2000, for a change of .5%
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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