Nevada
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 |
+161 |
+61,777 |
112.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+67 |
+23,957 |
147.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+15,528 |
217.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+2,381 |
256.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+19 |
+75,875 |
6194.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,140 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+8 |
+5,935 |
126.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,634 |
52.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+3,148 |
43.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+856 |
52.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+247 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+175 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,463 |
52.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+220 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,392 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+826 |
42.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-395 |
-7.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+589 |
91.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,298 |
386.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+4,258 |
118.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+514 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+743 |
347.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+369 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+198 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+4,350 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+733 |
323.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-539 |
-67.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+6 |
15.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,090 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+498 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+200 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+449 |
24.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+71 |
12.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+208 |
416.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+164 |
131.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
9.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+58 |
264.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+7,132 |
351.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-321 |
-33.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-5 |
+221,739 |
201.0% |
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Totals:
+398
| +441,973 |
+189.1% |
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The population of these 17 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 800,493; in 2000 it was 1,998,257. The total population changed 66.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (233,781) represent 29.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (684,489) include 34.3% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 40 groups had 233,771 adherents in 1980 and 675,744 adherents in 2000, for a change of 189.1%
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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