Rhode Island
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 God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+1,058 |
413.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+2,381 |
201.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+9 |
+10,844 |
206.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,350 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,453 |
173.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+328 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+125 |
26.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+888 |
88.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+780 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+336 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,438 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+222 |
38.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+184 |
93.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+981 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+190 |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,036 |
-10.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+925 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-52 |
-14.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+35 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+303 |
85.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+178 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-128 |
-9.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-169 |
-36.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+685 |
13.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+108 |
n.a. |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-85 |
-1.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+81 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+300 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-107 |
-41.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-198 |
-16.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-83 |
-30.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-241 |
-19.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-693 |
-74.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+450 |
47.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+121 |
19.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-705 |
-23.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-14,121 |
-34.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-3,186 |
-13.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-9 |
-60,663 |
-10.0% |
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Totals:
+75
| -53,748 |
-7.5% |
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The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 947,154; in 2000 it was 1,048,319. The total population changed 4.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (714,880) represent 75.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (665,170) include 63.5% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 40 groups had 712,900 adherents in 1980 and 659,152 adherents in 2000, for a change of -7.5%
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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