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State Membership Report
New Jersey
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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+14 |
+444,521 |
15.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+181 |
+403,098 |
621.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+102 |
+27,257 |
110.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+24 |
+25,770 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+37 |
+14,830 |
20.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+32 |
+11,977 |
152.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+35 |
+10,478 |
259.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+9,360 |
108.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+4,940 |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+10 |
+4,872 |
2320.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+4,743 |
160.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+41 |
+4,404 |
47.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+3,781 |
269.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+23 |
+3,471 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+2,873 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,550 |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+1,974 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+1,596 |
176.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,579 |
340.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,331 |
2256.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+1,129 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+813 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+734 |
17.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+618 |
136.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+547 |
13.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+529 |
661.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+413 |
35.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+383 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+315 |
18.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+207 |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+200 |
10.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+152 |
2.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+114 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+101 |
41.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+95 |
77.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+51 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+11 |
8.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+5 |
5.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-31.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-40 |
-8.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-46 |
-88.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-50 |
-6.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-77 |
-23.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-243 |
-56.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-354 |
-30.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-806 |
-17.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-1,048 |
-11.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,352 |
-18.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-1,570 |
-18.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-1,646 |
-62.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+2 |
-6,071 |
-65.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-8,082 |
-27.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-8,833 |
-38.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-18,492 |
-19.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-21,659 |
-40.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-43,475 |
-24.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-54,294 |
-31.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-21 |
-55,026 |
-37.0% |
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Totals:
+655
| +768,646 |
+19.5% |
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The population of these 21 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 7,364,823; in 2000 it was 8,414,350. The total population changed 8.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (3,982,743) represent 54.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (4,858,756) include 57.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 59 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 59 groups had 3,935,766 adherents in 1980 and 4,704,412 adherents in 2000, for a change of 19.5%
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 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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