North Dakota
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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-1,320 |
-29.5% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,357 |
46.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+550 |
5.8% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+1,307 |
55.4% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+277 |
45.7% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+100 |
20.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+23 |
17.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+862 |
162.6% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-311 |
-17.5% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+131 |
2.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+36 |
12.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
10.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+19 |
17.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-63 |
-7.6% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+20 |
20.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-55 |
-22.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-389 |
-11.5% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-39.1% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-67 |
-11.9% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-49 |
-4.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,022 |
230.7% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-40 |
-8.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-13 |
-8.2% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-26 |
-40.6% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+77 |
233.3% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-43 |
-41.3% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-58 |
-28.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-155 |
-71.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-43 |
-11.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,971 |
-7.7% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-517 |
-8.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-256 |
-10.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-3 |
+247 |
51.1% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-197 |
-44.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-3,220 |
-26.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-463 |
-14.8% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-456 |
-13.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+32 |
6.4% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-404 |
-68.8% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-3,691 |
-15.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-2,922 |
-30.4% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-20 |
+5,917 |
3.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-35 |
-5,157 |
-2.9% |
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Totals:
-98
| -9,921 |
-2.1% |
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The population of these 53 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 638,800; in 2000 it was 642,200. The total population changed 0.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (484,628) represent 75.9% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (470,112) include 73.2% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 43 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 43 groups had 477,229 adherents in 1990 and 467,308 adherents in 2000, for a change of -2.1%
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 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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