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State Membership Report
Oklahoma
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 |
-6 |
+24,985 |
17.4% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+11,438 |
68.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+9,279 |
410.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+5,758 |
25.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+11 |
+5,457 |
28.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,457 |
13.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+2,609 |
108.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+88 |
+2,608 |
0.3% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+2,161 |
38.6% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,770 |
173.4% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-12 |
+1,281 |
19.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-16 |
+1,245 |
3.5% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+896 |
14.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+569 |
15.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
+427 |
2.3% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+316 |
78.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+208 |
8.5% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+120 |
66.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+70 |
1.4% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+25 |
1.8% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+21 |
8.7% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
-1.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-33 |
-5.2% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-7.3% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-66 |
-15.1% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-73 |
-7.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-81 |
-0.7% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-87 |
-58.4% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-89 |
-13.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-98 |
-15.7% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-104 |
-0.4% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-104 |
-23.1% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-122 |
-19.4% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-145 |
-17.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-281 |
-14.3% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-293 |
-20.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-418 |
-91.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-479 |
-0.5% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-485 |
-4.9% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
-494 |
-17.7% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-552 |
-15.3% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-567 |
-31.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-595 |
-6.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-813 |
-1.9% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-15 |
-817 |
-37.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-2,146 |
-2.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-45 |
-3,500 |
-1.1% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
-4,560 |
-37.6% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-32 |
-5,172 |
-8.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-6,404 |
-15.4% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-28
| +46,082 |
+2.3% |
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The population of these 77 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,145,585; in 2000 it was 3,450,654. The total population changed 9.7%. The adherent totals for 1990 (2,102,290) represent 66.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,096,476) include 60.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 50 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 50 groups had 2,014,276 adherents in 1990 and 2,060,358 adherents in 2000, for a change of 2.3%
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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