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State Membership Report
Maryland
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
296 |
832,763 |
174.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
979 |
310,008 |
64.8 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
260,695 |
54.5 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
99 |
210,965 |
44.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
305 |
131,627 |
27.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
214 |
106,188 |
22.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
221 |
82,714 |
17.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
142 |
46,360 |
9.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
67 |
37,317 |
7.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
69 |
31,393 |
6.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
77 |
24,619 |
5.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
80 |
23,417 |
4.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
107 |
22,932 |
4.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
52 |
21,505 |
4.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
84 |
21,359 |
4.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
18,036 |
3.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
17,601 |
3.7 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
63 |
11,781 |
2.5 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
11,725 |
2.5 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
43 |
10,136 |
2.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
7,579 |
1.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
42 |
7,207 |
1.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
34 |
7,176 |
1.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
20 |
6,255 |
1.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
5,903 |
1.2 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
5,682 |
1.2 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
4,000 |
0.8 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
46 |
3,797 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
3,134 |
0.7 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
2,711 |
0.6 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
2,710 |
0.6 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
2,492 |
0.5 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
2,336 |
0.5 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,759 |
0.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,146 |
0.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,150 |
0.2 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,163 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
1,060 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,008 |
0.2 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
900 |
0.2 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
889 |
0.2 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
824 |
0.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
798 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
695 |
0.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
600 |
0.1 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
517 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
468 |
0.1 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
460 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
494 |
0.1 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
500 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
495 |
0.1 |
| Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
319 |
0.1 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
280 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
278 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
275 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
189 |
0.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
178 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
135 |
0.0 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
135 |
0.0 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
93 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
72 |
0.0 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
104 |
0.0 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
73 |
0.0 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.0 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
39 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
45 |
0.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.0 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
34 |
0.0 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
61 |
0.0 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
28 |
0.0 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
25 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 3,519 |
2,311,614 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,781,468. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,311,614) include 48.3% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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