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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 |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+13 |
+119,626 |
14.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+100 |
+10,774 |
8.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+10,356 |
48.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+10,073 |
177.3% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8,059 |
44.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+18 |
+7,642 |
20.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+6,095 |
17926.5% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+5,792 |
23.5% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+5,035 |
2.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+29 |
+4,377 |
20.4% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+3,827 |
32.6% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+3,403 |
33.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,704 |
235.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,282 |
10.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,862 |
31.5% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,559 |
195.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,260 |
254.5% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,259 |
17.5% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,021 |
41.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+997 |
13.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+896 |
78.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+826 |
11.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+475 |
20.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+345 |
32.5% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+279 |
206.7% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+187 |
68.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+171 |
24.6% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+169 |
36.1% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+52 |
55.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+13 |
0.4% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+12 |
6.7% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+12 |
16.4% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+9 |
31.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+8 |
1.6% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
-4.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-7 |
-0.8% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-24.4% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-17 |
-31.5% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-39 |
-37.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-71 |
-37.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
-187 |
-3.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-220 |
-44.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-245 |
-21.1% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-249 |
-41.5% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-268 |
-32.5% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-480 |
-53.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-499 |
-18.4% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-538 |
-30.6% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-750 |
-6.4% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,653 |
-2.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-21 |
-1,836 |
-48.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-2,117 |
-4.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-2,544 |
-2.4% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-3,076 |
-76.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-3,849 |
-12.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-4,207 |
-18.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-52 |
-12,279 |
-4.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+188
| +176,314 |
+8.7% |
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The population of these 24 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,781,468; in 2000 it was 5,296,486. The total population changed 10.8%. The adherent totals for 1990 (2,311,614) represent 48.3% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,291,896) include 43.3% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 58 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 58 groups had 2,027,291 adherents in 1990 and 2,203,605 adherents in 2000, for a change of 8.7%
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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