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State Membership Report
Texas
Denominational Groups, 2000
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| 5,084,656 |
1,681,070 |
22,755 |
4,368,969 |
416,099 |
9,278,204 |
| Evangelical Protestant |
Mainline Protestant |
Orthodox |
Catholic |
Other |
Unclaimed |
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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 |
+66 |
+2,029,032 |
87.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1,077 |
+859,565 |
32.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+79 |
+159,449 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+126 |
+145,249 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+46 |
+97,586 |
321.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-146 |
+89,877 |
10.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+236 |
+87,548 |
129.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+158 |
+65,897 |
41.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+39 |
+23,223 |
20.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+109 |
+23,130 |
100.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+53 |
+22,906 |
149.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-32 |
+21,938 |
6.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+17,747 |
69.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+56 |
+17,154 |
39.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+46 |
+11,974 |
607.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+136 |
+11,592 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+11,139 |
28.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+47 |
+10,915 |
8.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+10,350 |
70.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+18 |
+9,444 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+8,401 |
637.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-28 |
+6,741 |
6.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+54 |
+6,314 |
160.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+49 |
+5,627 |
82.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
+3,662 |
192.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+3,593 |
148.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+38 |
+3,452 |
2.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+84 |
+2,906 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+53 |
+2,822 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+2,285 |
50.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+2,096 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,040 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,771 |
1073.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+1,619 |
72.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,540 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,449 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+945 |
1227.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+642 |
310.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+588 |
60.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+413 |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+368 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+345 |
115.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+340 |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+137 |
2.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+127 |
n.a. |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+93 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+76 |
22.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+65 |
n.a. |
| Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+29 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+27 |
n.a. |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+24 |
n.a. |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-33 |
-38.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-66 |
-8.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-67 |
-73.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-93 |
-25.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
-749 |
-41.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
-1 |
-916 |
-94.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-971 |
-53.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-4,039 |
-20.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-62 |
-8,746 |
-7.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-11,363 |
-71.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-36 |
-13,429 |
-66.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-314 |
-15,555 |
-8.0% |
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Totals:
+2,195
| +3,730,225 |
+48.6% |
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The population of these 253 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 14,229,100; in 2000 it was 20,851,753. The total population changed 22.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (7,685,848) represent 54.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (11,573,549) include 55.5% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 63 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 63 groups had 7,677,291 adherents in 1980 and 11,407,516 adherents in 2000, for a change of 48.6%
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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