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State Membership Report
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Oregon
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
199 |
279,650 |
98.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
228 |
89,601 |
31.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
118 |
48,958 |
17.2 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
216 |
47,035 |
16.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
177 |
42,209 |
14.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
135 |
38,086 |
13.4 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
167 |
36,650 |
12.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
123 |
34,468 |
12.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
120 |
31,260 |
11.0 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
90 |
29,763 |
10.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
99 |
26,816 |
9.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
88 |
26,159 |
9.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
115 |
22,877 |
8.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
20,900 |
7.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
61 |
16,912 |
6.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
16,600 |
5.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
47 |
13,657 |
4.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
117 |
11,549 |
4.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
10 |
10,691 |
3.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
38 |
8,898 |
3.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
8,894 |
3.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
7,272 |
2.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
46 |
5,148 |
1.8 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
4,858 |
1.7 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
41 |
4,396 |
1.6 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
3,494 |
1.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
16 |
3,252 |
1.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
38 |
2,656 |
0.9 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,018 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
1,925 |
0.7 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,860 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,795 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,619 |
0.6 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,474 |
0.5 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,247 |
0.4 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,056 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,030 |
0.4 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
833 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
544 |
0.2 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
522 |
0.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
518 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
514 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
470 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
424 |
0.2 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
400 |
0.1 |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
382 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
373 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
342 |
0.1 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
326 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
300 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
270 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
266 |
0.1 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
243 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
212 |
0.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
201 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
197 |
0.1 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
166 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
148 |
0.1 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
130 |
0.1 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
125 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
107 |
0.0 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
106 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
101 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
83 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
70 |
0.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.0 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.0 |
| Berean Fundamental Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
15 |
0.0 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
11 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
47 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
178 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 2,908 |
915,285 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,842,321. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (915,285) include 32.2% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga county are Episcopalian.
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