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State Membership Report
Nebraska
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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+23 |
+4,447 |
42.1% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+4,934 |
40.5% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+3,846 |
45.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+4,174 |
70.6% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,379 |
7.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+431 |
100.9% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+337 |
102.1% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+174 |
102.4% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+698 |
49.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-146 |
-16.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+142 |
121.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-66 |
-1.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,570 |
-12.5% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-101 |
-9.8% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+98 |
5.9% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+138 |
28.6% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+37 |
67.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-3.5% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+368 |
5.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-174 |
-24.2% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-101 |
-4.8% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-162 |
-15.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,879 |
-18.6% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-845 |
-22.8% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-30 |
-21.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-921 |
-19.1% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+13 |
4.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-16 |
-2.8% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+2,475 |
2.2% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-114 |
-22.2% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+16 |
2.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+5,239 |
306.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-6 |
-3.4% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-105 |
-37.1% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,470 |
-10.1% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-628 |
-9.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-299 |
-26.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-4,133 |
-88.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-5,282 |
-65.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+1,533 |
10.6% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-651 |
-17.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-9,171 |
-18.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-833 |
-9.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-97 |
-0.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
-68 |
-3.8% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-13 |
+37,419 |
11.2% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-5,108 |
-18.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-27,971 |
-19.3% |
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Totals:
-36
| +4,935 |
+.5% |
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The population of these 93 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,578,385; in 2000 it was 1,711,263. The total population changed 8.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,006,572) represent 63.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,006,860) include 58.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 48 groups had 982,231 adherents in 1990 and 987,166 adherents in 2000, for a change of .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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