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State Membership Report
Wisconsin
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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-89 |
+141,382 |
9.1% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+10,377 |
403.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+6,809 |
63.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+5,725 |
73.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+5,478 |
15.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+16 |
+5,313 |
46.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+4,257 |
78.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,547 |
32.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+3,264 |
0.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,639 |
24.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,600 |
21.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+981 |
69.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+855 |
14.9% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+754 |
17.4% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+643 |
233.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+501 |
8.3% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+405 |
12.5% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+309 |
43.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+276 |
22.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+245 |
5.2% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+101 |
273.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+92 |
17.9% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+25 |
7.4% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+11 |
4.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-8 |
-0.8% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-9 |
-2.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-35 |
-59.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-38 |
-8.7% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-74 |
-43.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-78 |
-0.8% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-85 |
-21.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-170 |
-18.1% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-261 |
-13.1% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-269 |
-18.7% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-277 |
-2.2% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+41 |
-328 |
-5.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-358 |
-31.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-600 |
-7.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-13 |
-624 |
-70.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-720 |
-72.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
-918 |
-10.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-953 |
-18.5% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,168 |
-20.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-13 |
-3,173 |
-16.3% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,619 |
-13.1% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-6,375 |
-18.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-7,152 |
-14.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-7,570 |
-3.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-10,242 |
-10.9% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
-10,520 |
-4.7% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-16 |
-23,210 |
-15.2% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-10
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+3.8% |
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The population of these 72 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,891,769; in 2000 it was 5,363,675. The total population changed 9.6%. The adherent totals for 1990 (3,160,201) represent 64.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (3,241,659) include 60.4% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 51 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 51 groups had 3,064,956 adherents in 1990 and 3,182,711 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 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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