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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 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,737 |
9650.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+72 |
+193,304 |
852.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,691 |
482.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,783 |
254.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+22,014 |
227.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+8,866 |
190.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+835 |
161.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,388 |
143.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+369 |
138.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,776 |
130.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+474 |
105.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+213 |
97.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+44 |
+12,515 |
94.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+3,450 |
69.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+11,700 |
62.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+9,333 |
59.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+2,086 |
52.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,619 |
51.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+34 |
+10,407 |
30.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+17 |
+216,028 |
29.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+66 |
17.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+291 |
15.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+58 |
+9,362 |
13.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+137 |
+13,990 |
11.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
9.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+14 |
8.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+517 |
6.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
1.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-130 |
-2.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-84 |
-24,370 |
-8.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-3,339 |
-11.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-16,695 |
-14.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-664 |
-15.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-14 |
-18.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-42 |
-9,766 |
-18.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-2,524 |
-19.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-24.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-5,997 |
-24.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-194 |
-26.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-14 |
-28.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-28.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-227 |
-35.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-1,539 |
-35.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-1,156 |
-57.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-218 |
-65.0% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+414 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+280 |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+6,129 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+43 |
+15,755 |
n.a. |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+918 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+351 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+502 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+3,513 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+85 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+1,405 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+26,095 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+15,552 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+8 |
+14,112 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+1,221 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+480 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+145 |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+857 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+618
| +547,792 |
+32.7% |
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The population of these 24 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 4,216,975; in 2000 it was 5,296,486. The total population changed 10.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,687,114) represent 40.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,291,896) include 43.3% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 64 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 64 groups had 1,673,675 adherents in 1980 and 2,221,467 adherents in 2000, for a change of 32.7%
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 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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