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Religious Affiliations, 2000

590,843	591,097	97,586	3,422,342	416,570	4,039,102
Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals.
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Reports

2000 Membership Report
1990 Membership Report
1990-2000 Change

Religious Bodies	Theology	Congregations	Adherents
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America	Orthodox	1	270
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	191
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	103	36,867
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	3	623
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	4	1,800
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	4	22,785
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	3	655
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	1	14
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	2	1,085
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	4	3,988
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	145	42,980
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,561
Bahá'í	Other Theology	37	3,779
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	70	16,809
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	7	795
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	59	n.a.
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	900
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	n.a.
Catholic Church	Catholic	648	3,422,342
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	43	5,338
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	28	6,426
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	80	25,150
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	52	21,259
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	35	4,769
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	59	9,494
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	32
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	14	735
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	62	21,956
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,940
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	83	16,454
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	101	12,349
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	225
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,115
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	23	4,535
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	4	960
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	53
Enterprise Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	1	49
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	130	42,555
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	57	13,840
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	88	21,427
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	304	170,977
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	52
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	382
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,219
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	12	951
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	44	7,766
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	31	38,748
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	1	1,200
Hindu	Other Theology	29	n.a.
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	18
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	12	6,925
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	29	37,227
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	22	3,396
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	4,582
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	18	9,514
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	188
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	144	265,400
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	268	156,201
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	3	3,800
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	300
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	3	1,000
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	1	14
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	23	3,570
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	97
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	2,415
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	65	120,293
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	14	2,702
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	6	659
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	669
Netherlands Reformed Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	1	31
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	30	8,255
North American Baptist Conference	Mainline Protestant	13	2,844
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese	Orthodox	1	1,830
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	3	3,100
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	13	3,661
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	768
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	9	636
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	182	75,122
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	28	3,876
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	61
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	4	776
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	35	12,757
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	33	12,337
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	6	10,180
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	7	n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	95	22,881
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	270	93,245
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	270
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	5	2,028
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	24	5,142
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	203	99,709
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	339	130,375
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,238
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	298
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	17	3,767
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,551
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	29	11,330
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	3	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	4,458	5,118,438
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		6,561,960

The population of these 13 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 8,239,820; in 2000 it was 9,157,540. The total population changed 11.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,118,438) include 55.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (6,561,960) include 71.7% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.