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 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+132 |
191.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+17 |
141.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,329 |
128.2% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,841 |
117.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+57 |
67.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+341 |
52.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+881 |
51.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+416 |
44.1% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+619 |
35.3% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+123 |
28.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+185 |
26.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+30 |
26.1% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+56 |
24.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
+693 |
22.9% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+46 |
22.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,163 |
19.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+382 |
9.2% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-14 |
+18,581 |
7.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+55 |
5.5% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-2 |
+130 |
1.6% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-2.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-2.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-200 |
-3.1% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-581 |
-3.5% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-8 |
-8.7% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-55 |
-11.2% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-4,475 |
-12.4% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-4,143 |
-12.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-340 |
-13.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-490 |
-15.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-6,290 |
-19.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-4 |
-918 |
-22.1% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-22.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-2,022 |
-28.1% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-36.7% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-918 |
-41.1% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-47 |
-56.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-76 |
-60.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-131 |
-80.9% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-38
| +6,300 |
+1.4% |
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The population of these 16 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,227,928; in 2000 it was 1,274,923. The total population changed 3.8%. The adherent totals for 1990 (447,053) represent 36.4% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (463,541) include 36.4% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 40 groups had 443,555 adherents in 1990 and 449,855 adherents in 2000, for a change of 1.4%
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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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