Montana
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 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+4 |
6.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,189 |
-27.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+130 |
0.8% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+352 |
469.3% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-104 |
-22.8% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-18 |
+43,451 |
34.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+692 |
15.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-289 |
-9.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+710 |
25.2% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+104 |
5.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-5 |
-0.8% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-133 |
-22.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+37 |
27.2% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+4,106 |
14.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-37.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-526 |
-17.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-190 |
-6.5% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+677 |
378.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-135 |
-2.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+543 |
48.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,181 |
2.4% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+39 |
33.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+31 |
93.9% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+83 |
107.8% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,493 |
45.1% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-180 |
-18.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+250 |
11.8% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+3,383 |
79.5% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
185.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+540 |
174.2% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-731 |
-4.5% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-7 |
-3.5% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-38 |
-6.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-63.6% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-113 |
-25.9% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+12 |
8.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-73 |
-9.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,083 |
-18.2% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-13.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+863 |
156.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+135 |
3.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+3,542 |
30.1% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+48 |
22.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,202 |
-15.2% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+23 |
-1,468 |
-7.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+415 |
37.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-71 |
-6.7% |
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Totals:
+58
| +54,308 |
+16.0% |
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The population of these 57 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 799,065; in 2000 it was 902,195. The total population changed 12.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (341,247) represent 42.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (403,492) include 44.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 48 groups had 339,726 adherents in 1990 and 394,034 adherents in 2000, for a change of 16.0%
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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