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 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+314 |
570.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+17 |
+56,700 |
277.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+180 |
268.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+6,318 |
222.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+15,606 |
220.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+346 |
206.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+734 |
145.3% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+543 |
130.2% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+889 |
119.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+14 |
+174,888 |
111.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+434 |
83.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+31 |
63.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+64 |
47.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+55 |
45.8% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+12,344 |
44.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+78 |
37.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+659 |
35.8% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+84 |
+27,892 |
31.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,466 |
30.1% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,561 |
27.7% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+850 |
24.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,435 |
23.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,923 |
22.5% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+494 |
17.5% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,165 |
17.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+140 |
6.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+14 |
2.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-55 |
-1.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-54 |
-1.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-15 |
-2.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-15 |
-5.4% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-15 |
-14.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-35 |
-43.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-210 |
-48.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,210 |
-52.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+200 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+219
| +306,714 |
+83.9% |
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The population of these 17 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,201,833; in 2000 it was 1,998,257. The total population changed 66.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (386,312) represent 32.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (684,489) include 34.3% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 36 groups had 365,742 adherents in 1990 and 672,456 adherents in 2000, for a change of 83.9%
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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