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State Membership Report
Massachusetts
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 |
832 |
2,961,359 |
492.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
204 |
283,920 |
47.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
437 |
135,983 |
22.6 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
257 |
122,190 |
20.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
246 |
71,858 |
11.9 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
69,672 |
11.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
261 |
66,156 |
11.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
153 |
35,787 |
6.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
71 |
28,269 |
4.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
100 |
20,160 |
3.4 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
5 |
16,650 |
2.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
65 |
12,862 |
2.1 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
11,739 |
2.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
33 |
11,093 |
1.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
10,710 |
1.8 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
46 |
9,978 |
1.7 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
33 |
9,931 |
1.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
7,053 |
1.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
41 |
7,048 |
1.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
6,621 |
1.1 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
33 |
5,608 |
0.9 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
5,332 |
0.9 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
4,416 |
0.7 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
17 |
3,996 |
0.7 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
3,649 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
2,709 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
2,609 |
0.4 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
36 |
2,398 |
0.4 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,400 |
0.2 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,372 |
0.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
1,275 |
0.2 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
1,036 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,047 |
0.2 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
883 |
0.2 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
877 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
681 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
650 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
504 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
400 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
444 |
0.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
335 |
0.1 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
277 |
0.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
232 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
215 |
0.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
189 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
166 |
0.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
154 |
0.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
128 |
0.0 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.0 |
| Christ Catholic Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.0 |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
69 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
38 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
45 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 3,382 |
3,942,101 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 6,016,425. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,942,101) include 65.5% 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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