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State Membership Report
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 |
+122 |
+156,055 |
20.0% |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+78 |
+10,375 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+69 |
+2,589 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+56 |
+4,578 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+9,248 |
27.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+1,739 |
10.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+4,616 |
33.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,000 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+13 |
+5,744 |
79.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+2,210 |
68.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,020 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,800 |
n.a. |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+5 |
+20,664 |
22.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+309 |
24.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+1,026 |
5.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+29 |
4.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,075 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+10,467 |
85.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+128 |
3.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+525 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+103 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
-675 |
-32.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-3,911 |
-54.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-170 |
-27.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-17 |
-1.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+100 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+96 |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+48 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+7 |
3.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-53.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+648 |
40.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+538 |
83.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+119 |
5.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-951 |
-22.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-152 |
-3.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-127 |
-23.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+4,542 |
13.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-710 |
-11.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
+632 |
11.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-28 |
-8,729 |
-33.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-157 |
-9,664 |
-4.0% |
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Totals:
282
| +219,926 |
+16.6% |
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The population of these 82 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 2,520,638; in 2000 it was 2,844,658. The total population changed 10.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,334,879) represent 53.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,554,483) include 54.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 1,322,486 adherents in 1980 and 1,542,412 adherents in 2000, for a change of 16.6%
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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