Wyoming
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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+40 |
+6,230 |
57.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+36 |
+6,761 |
17.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+288 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+961 |
562.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+122 |
6.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-2,015 |
-51.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,610 |
367.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+899 |
552.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+473 |
4.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,240 |
n.a. |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+4 |
+18,106 |
29.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-3,665 |
-36.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+2,338 |
30.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+257 |
279.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-813 |
-35.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+254 |
334.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+98 |
102.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+430 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+104 |
133.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+38 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-12 |
-12.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-35 |
-88.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-3,420 |
-23.0% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+35 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+265 |
29.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
47.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+159 |
8.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+549 |
56.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-861 |
-46.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-353 |
-17.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+341 |
80.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-4,389 |
-34.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,294 |
-38.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+773 |
18.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+6 |
0.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,127 |
-47.0% |
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Totals:
+160
| +24,376 |
+11.9% |
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The population of these 23 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 469,557; in 2000 it was 493,782. The total population changed 8.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (205,754) represent 43.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (230,725) include 46.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 38 groups had 204,303 adherents in 1980 and 228,679 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.9%
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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