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State Membership Report
Washington
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 |
+233 |
+72,927 |
69.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+121 |
+30,150 |
918.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+91 |
+46,101 |
77.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+73 |
+17,003 |
38.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+51 |
+12,136 |
39.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+33,070 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+29 |
+37,671 |
646.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+13,155 |
198.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+27 |
+815 |
36.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+1,489 |
11.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+1,544 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+24 |
+927 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+33,430 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+1,152 |
196.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+19 |
+3,054 |
4.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+3,493 |
162.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+12,023 |
48.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+13 |
+336,110 |
88.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
-3,064 |
-2.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+5,124 |
45.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+11 |
-9,606 |
-19.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+4,445 |
83.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+982 |
47.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+638 |
122.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
-3,508 |
-8.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,322 |
27.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,511 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,896 |
479.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,400 |
46.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+8,337 |
90.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+542 |
968.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+3,897 |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+600 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+3,138 |
117.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-56 |
-15.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-21,466 |
-22.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+5 |
+812 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+837 |
54.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,443 |
148.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+864 |
27.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+242 |
29.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+119 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+239 |
7.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+143 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+173 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+321 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+806 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+280 |
n.a. |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-42 |
-26.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-742 |
-34.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-6,625 |
-46.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+27 |
63.0% |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-59 |
-31.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-404 |
-33.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+47 |
13.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+121 |
36.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+8,477 |
64.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-5,677 |
-37.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-6,359 |
-17.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-5,693 |
-28.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-19 |
-8,498 |
-41.0% |
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Totals:
+1,014
| +637,234 |
+50.6% |
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The population of these 39 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 4,132,156; in 2000 it was 5,894,121. The total population changed 21.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,272,579) represent 30.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,942,850) include 33.0% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 61 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 61 groups had 1,259,188 adherents in 1980 and 1,896,422 adherents in 2000, for a change of 50.6%
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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