Michigan

Denominational Groups, 2000

1,079,117	783,541	46,294	2,019,926	228,031	5,781,535
Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

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

Religious Bodies	Theology	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	888	2,019,926	203.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	411	244,231	24.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	897	222,269	22.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	356	160,836	16.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	232	112,711	11.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	71	110,000	11.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	268	104,471	10.5
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	153	84,265	8.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	289	83,610	8.4
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	51	80,515	8.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	159	59,935	6.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	245	58,482	5.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	172	58,043	5.8
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	264	56,004	5.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	59	54,068	5.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	143	53,934	5.4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	199	45,689	4.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	140	44,476	4.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	185	37,712	3.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	186	35,703	3.6
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	16	30,200	3.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	100	30,020	3.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	195	28,527	2.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	119	25,040	2.5
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	58	23,960	2.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	113	23,739	2.4
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	59	20,180	2.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	20	17,598	1.8
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	130	16,402	1.7
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	23	14,958	1.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	120	14,347	1.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	63	14,219	1.4
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	94	13,649	1.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	39	9,755	1.0
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	59	9,062	0.9
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	39	8,251	0.8
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	66	8,043	0.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	36	6,471	0.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	59	6,469	0.7
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	20	6,165	0.6
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	22	5,861	0.6
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	20	5,710	0.6
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	3	5,600	0.6
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	10	5,350	0.5
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	70	4,771	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	23	4,667	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	29	4,167	0.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	44	3,952	0.4
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	13	3,646	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	12	3,604	0.4
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	12	3,609	0.4
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	3	3,482	0.4
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	2	3,000	0.3
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	21	3,026	0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	16	3,005	0.3
Bahá'í	Other Theology	30	2,829	0.3
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	5	2,492	0.3
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	33	2,419	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	6	1,869	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	25	1,812	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	23	1,750	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,816	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	7	1,670	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	1,680	0.2
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	1,600	0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	22	1,498	0.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,335	0.1
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	2	1,325	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,067	0.1
Netherlands Reformed Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,124	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,039	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese	Orthodox	2	951	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	22	986	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	3	832	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	786	0.1
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	672	0.1
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	600	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	3	594	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	13	576	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	3	561	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	7	457	0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	2	450	0.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	8	521	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	1	450	0.1
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	2	372	0.0
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association	Evangelical Protestant	2	371	0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	361	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	2	375	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	7	298	0.0
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	278	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	336	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	318	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	150	0.0
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	2	169	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	229	0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	5	175	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	53	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	65	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	2	116	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	2	10	0.0
Strict Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	18	0.0
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	38	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	1	6	0.0
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	21	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	5	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	8	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	5	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	18	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	7,525	4,156,909
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		5,110,455

The population of these 83 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 9,295,297; in 2000 it was 9,938,444. The total population changed 6.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (4,156,909) include 41.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (5,110,455) include 51.4% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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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