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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 |
% Change |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+143 |
+53,934 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+78 |
+1,418 |
3.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+59 |
+54,068 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+59 |
+6,469 |
n.a. |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+58 |
+2,859 |
150.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+44 |
+3,952 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+35 |
+89,325 |
432.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+34 |
+37,807 |
82.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+29 |
+11,921 |
66.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+27 |
-14,706 |
-6.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+5,143 |
387.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+14,958 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+986 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+20 |
+17,598 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+17 |
-5,479 |
-28.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+30,200 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+953 |
175.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,603 |
753.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+521 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+192 |
22.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-1,012 |
-10.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+3,320 |
67.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,195 |
5.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+260 |
257.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+1,670 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+164 |
122.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+876 |
41.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+6 |
+1,869 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+16,361 |
17.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+2,492 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-4,954 |
-10.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,143 |
46.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+175 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+4,778 |
14.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+961 |
14.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,501 |
12.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-448 |
-20.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+832 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,124 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,075 |
414.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+10 |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+119 |
22.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-782 |
-30.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+117 |
104.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-156 |
-25.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-1,930 |
-25.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+805 |
21.0% |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+372 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,325 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+777 |
23.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+10,477 |
72.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+179 |
43.0% |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+69 |
33.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+450 |
n.a. |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-79.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+22 |
23.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+500 |
42.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+153 |
52.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-1,821 |
-75.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+21 |
48.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-58.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-325 |
-37.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-175 |
-34.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+590 |
24.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-2,516 |
-20.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-22,640 |
-61.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
+361 |
0.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-41,576 |
-42.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
-319 |
-1.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
-17,294 |
-51.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
-1,923 |
-6.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-17 |
-51,762 |
-33.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-18 |
-12,747 |
-18.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-26 |
-18,284 |
-10.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-26 |
+4,643 |
435.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-29 |
-27,613 |
-32.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-48 |
-68,301 |
-24.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-79 |
-23,557 |
-1.0% |
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Totals:
546
| 75,317 |
+1.9% |
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The population of these 83 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 9,262,078; in 2000 it was 9,938,444. The total population changed 6.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (3,936,860) represent 42.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (4,156,909) include 41.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 78 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 78 groups had 3,879,057 adherents in 1980 and 3,954,374 adherents in 2000, for a change of 1.9%
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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