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State Membership Report
Minnesota
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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-38 |
+150,589 |
13.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-24 |
+30,076 |
3.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+16,151 |
40.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+14,631 |
45.8% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+8,246 |
40.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+8,221 |
24.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+20 |
+5,546 |
38.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+5,218 |
178.5% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,983 |
303.4% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+3,655 |
39.2% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,362 |
16.4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,302 |
7.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+784 |
80.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+633 |
9.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+608 |
241.3% |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+500 |
125.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+255 |
11.2% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+240 |
4.6% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+231 |
60.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+188 |
31.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+140 |
9.1% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+122 |
1.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+116 |
27.8% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+63 |
30.1% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+21 |
7.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+20 |
0.3% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+16 |
18.6% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+16 |
47.1% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-44.4% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-19.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-71 |
-29.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-91 |
-17.3% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-115 |
-7.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-122 |
-17.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-128 |
-30.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-153 |
-25.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-280 |
-8.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-339 |
-7.1% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-356 |
-29.7% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-384 |
-55.6% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-469 |
-25.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-595 |
-6.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-713 |
-12.6% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-848 |
-37.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,006 |
-8.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,074 |
-12.1% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,433 |
-4.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-1,685 |
-20.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-5,041 |
-8.6% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-10,136 |
-15.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-11,322 |
-20.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-11,701 |
-5.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-24,781 |
-17.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-18
| +180,024 |
+6.5% |
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The population of these 87 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,375,099; in 2000 it was 4,919,479. The total population changed 12.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (2,837,418) represent 64.9% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,035,248) include 61.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 53 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 53 groups had 2,786,684 adherents in 1990 and 2,966,708 adherents in 2000, for a change of 6.5%
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 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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