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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 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+327 |
409.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+4,178 |
374.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+12 |
+32,853 |
359.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+660 |
330.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+19,399 |
205.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,147 |
189.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+10,809 |
133.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+66 |
+31,660 |
130.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+27 |
+3,007 |
123.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+35 |
+10,696 |
114.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+5,520 |
79.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+18,718 |
67.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,192 |
67.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+223 |
57.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,316 |
54.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+36 |
54.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,340 |
37.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+149 |
36.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,177 |
36.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+5,189 |
30.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-68 |
+218,879 |
21.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+921 |
14.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,037 |
12.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-37 |
+65,062 |
8.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+500 |
8.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+40 |
5.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+49 |
4.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+73 |
1.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-344 |
-7.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-212 |
-8.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
-16,453 |
-8.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-6,094 |
-10.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-35 |
-10.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-10,612 |
-19.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-24 |
-28,411 |
-19.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-8,065 |
-21.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,599 |
-24.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-3,923 |
-25.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-494 |
-26.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-20,136 |
-26.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-131 |
-32.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3 |
-38.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-185 |
-38.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-45 |
-40.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-967 |
-69.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,075 |
-71.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+12,980 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+795 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,682 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+533 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+307 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,662 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+8,225 |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+900 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+4,029 |
n.a. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+50 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+174 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+256 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+175 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
286
| +371,141 |
+14.1% |
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The population of these 87 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 4,075,970; in 2000 it was 4,919,479. The total population changed 12.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (2,642,999) represent 64.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,035,248) include 61.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 59 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 59 groups had 2,628,111 adherents in 1980 and 2,999,252 adherents in 2000, for a change of 14.1%
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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