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State Membership Report
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 |
% Change |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+50 |
+14,711 |
16.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+15,063 |
50.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
-3,539 |
-10.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+16 |
+68,589 |
24.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,322 |
4.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,088 |
56.5% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,373 |
263.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,173 |
3.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
-72 |
-1.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+20,934 |
195.8% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+182 |
60.7% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+4,484 |
277.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+376 |
20.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-5 |
0.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-2,151 |
-4.4% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-44 |
-2.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+278 |
661.9% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+113 |
3.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-23 |
-1.8% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+261 |
24.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,587 |
-9.6% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-3,730 |
-14.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+124 |
149.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-9 |
-3.4% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+265 |
262.4% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-33 |
-22.3% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-47 |
-19.3% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+41 |
20.4% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-59 |
-27.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+643 |
12.5% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+11 |
8.8% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+103 |
5.7% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-202 |
-52.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-6,500 |
-31.1% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-275 |
-68.8% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,124 |
206.2% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-59 |
-84.3% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+125 |
33.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-87 |
-16.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-101 |
-23.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-170 |
-0.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-4,177 |
-11.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-8,108 |
-19.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+1,906 |
26.2% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-16 |
-0.5% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-307 |
-11.6% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-1,081 |
-12.1% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+4,450 |
26.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
+2,361 |
6.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-1,198 |
-8.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-3,458 |
-20.4% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-16 |
-2,431 |
-50.0% |
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Totals:
+119
| +102,631 |
+11.4% |
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The population of these 36 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,842,321; in 2000 it was 3,421,399. The total population changed 20.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (915,285) represent 32.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,071,287) include 31.3% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 52 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 52 groups had 900,801 adherents in 1990 and 1,003,432 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.4%
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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