Vermont
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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+10 |
+5,123 |
746.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,677 |
297.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,322 |
77.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,141 |
67.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+512 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+507 |
101.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+492 |
197.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+425 |
25.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+349 |
116.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+348 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+312 |
38.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+307 |
110.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+296 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+260 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+200 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+198 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+194 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+158 |
687.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+154 |
38.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+96 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+60 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+52 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+26 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-19 |
-11.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-63.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-3.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-40 |
-16.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-63 |
-20.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-100 |
-81.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-154 |
-17.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-165 |
-22.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-339 |
-29.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,292 |
-12.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-2,550 |
-23.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-3,469 |
-14.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-7,443 |
-28.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-12 |
-8,678 |
-6.0% |
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Totals:
+37
| -9,172 |
-3.8% |
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The population of these 14 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 511,456; in 2000 it was 608,827. The total population changed 8.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (244,289) represent 47.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (238,251) include 39.1% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 37 groups had 243,874 adherents in 1980 and 234,702 adherents in 2000, for a change of -3.8%
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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