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State Membership Report
Michigan
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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
938 |
252,129 |
27.1 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
915 |
2,338,608 |
251.6 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
404 |
250,141 |
26.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
362 |
167,598 |
18.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
275 |
126,324 |
13.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
268 |
67,404 |
7.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
246 |
71,727 |
7.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
236 |
61,953 |
6.7 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
235 |
100,680 |
10.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
200 |
74,302 |
8.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
198 |
30,591 |
3.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
197 |
34,214 |
3.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
185 |
37,949 |
4.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
176 |
67,895 |
7.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
162 |
88,399 |
9.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
142 |
39,404 |
4.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
138 |
47,357 |
5.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
137 |
14,465 |
1.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
131 |
14,901 |
1.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
114 |
20,930 |
2.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
110 |
20,024 |
2.2 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
109 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
79 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
77 |
23,475 |
2.5 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
73 |
107,116 |
11.5 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
69 |
7,192 |
0.8 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
61 |
5,437 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
56 |
7,896 |
0.9 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
53 |
4,729 |
0.5 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
53 |
9,544 |
1.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
52 |
17,571 |
1.9 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
50 |
5,424 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
50 |
38,525 |
4.1 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
48 |
4,803 |
0.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
39 |
9,170 |
1.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
38 |
5,250 |
0.6 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
5,007 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
4,313 |
0.5 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
1,297 |
0.1 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
1,794 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
3,791 |
0.4 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
6,692 |
0.7 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
22 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
1,497 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
2,768 |
0.3 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
20,830 |
2.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
21 |
4,266 |
0.5 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
2,154 |
0.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
47,183 |
5.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
9,711 |
1.0 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,118 |
0.2 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
517 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
431 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
825 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,549 |
0.2 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
253 |
0.0 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
522 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
308 |
0.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
712 |
0.1 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
544 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
340 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
943 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,640 |
0.2 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,967 |
0.3 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
173 |
0.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,116 |
0.1 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
176 |
0.0 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
798 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
331 |
0.0 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
245 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
135 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
583 |
0.1 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,817 |
0.2 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
680 |
0.1 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
86 |
0.0 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
277 |
0.0 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,700 |
0.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
105 |
0.0 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
453 |
0.1 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
13 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
149 |
0.0 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.0 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
57 |
0.0 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
111 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
5,000 |
0.5 |
| The Protestant Conference (Lutheran) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.0 |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
20 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
374,325 |
40.3 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 7,229 |
4,686,550 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 9,295,297. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (4,686,550) include 50.4% 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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