|
|
 
State Membership Report
Massachusetts
Denominational Groups, 2000
|
|
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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
|
| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+119 |
+234,725 |
583.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-39 |
+51,861 |
2.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+38 |
+42,945 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+62 |
+10,864 |
78.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+26 |
+9,778 |
148.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+8,750 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+58 |
+8,002 |
279.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+43 |
+6,852 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+6,590 |
79.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+4,631 |
11874.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+3,550 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3,429 |
628.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,868 |
37.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+2,761 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+2,711 |
178.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,366 |
114.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+2,104 |
130.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,237 |
28.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+1,232 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,010 |
175.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+993 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+816 |
14.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+695 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+390 |
227.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+334 |
9.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+310 |
24.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
+220 |
177.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+171 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+168 |
145.0% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+125 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+104 |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+76 |
13.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-143 |
-72.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-315 |
-66.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-370 |
-5.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
-475 |
-22.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-640 |
-60.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-894 |
-14.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
-1,199 |
-67.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,142 |
-7.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-2,944 |
-27.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-20 |
-3,458 |
-12.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-6,261 |
-52.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-19 |
-11,625 |
-15.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-23,033 |
-30.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-28 |
-27,913 |
-19.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-42,097 |
-30.0% |
| |
Totals:
+449
| +289,159 |
+7.8% |
| |
The population of these 14 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 5,737,037; in 2000 it was 6,349,097. The total population changed 5.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (3,704,625) represent 64.6% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (4,067,856) include 64.1% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 48 groups had 3,690,481 adherents in 1980 and 3,979,640 adherents in 2000, for a change of 7.8%
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.
[More information on these data sources]
|
 |
