Mississippi
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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+60 |
+46,498 |
5.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+7 |
+20,812 |
21.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+8,083 |
54.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,863 |
7.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
+2,575 |
24.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,285 |
93.3% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,263 |
3.2% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+914 |
82.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+570 |
2.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
+424 |
7.7% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-73 |
+251 |
0.1% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+120 |
18.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+117 |
0.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+100 |
78.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+97 |
2.9% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+97 |
6.5% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
7.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+16 |
0.7% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+13 |
14.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+9 |
2.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
2.1% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-19.1% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-14 |
-3.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-26 |
-44.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-72 |
-6.7% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-195 |
-66.1% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-202 |
-12.2% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-214 |
-5.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-231 |
-31.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-450 |
-7.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-524 |
-16.8% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-705 |
-3.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-811 |
-19.4% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-4 |
-1,066 |
-43.2% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,075 |
-50.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
-1,486 |
-19.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,636 |
-26.3% |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-1,680 |
-13.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-2,267 |
-11.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-2,750 |
-42.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-37
| +70,779 |
+4.8% |
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The population of these 82 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,573,216; in 2000 it was 2,844,658. The total population changed 10.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,806,049) represent 70.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,554,483) include 54.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 40 groups had 1,466,038 adherents in 1990 and 1,536,817 adherents in 2000, for a change of 4.8%
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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