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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Association of Lutheran Churches | Virginia | 195 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 125. [Listed as 'Lutheran Churches American Association Of.'] |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches | Washington | 68 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Lutheran Churches American Association Of.'] |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches | Wisconsin | 1,440 | 0.03% | 7 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,130. [Listed as 'Lutheran Churches American Association Of.'] |
| American Baptist Association | USA | 250,000 | - | 1,705 units |
- | 1986 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from table's "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "American Baptist Association. " |
| American Baptist Association | USA | 250,000 | - | 1,705 units |
- | 1986 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| American Baptist Association | USA | 250,000 | - | 1,705 units |
- | 1986 | *LINK* web site for Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches (accessed 1998); [Orig. source: Source: Kenneth B. Bedell, editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, annual.] | Table: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: U.S. Religious Bodies with more than 60,000 Members "; "...prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census... for the 1997 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. " |
| American Baptist Association | USA | 250,000 | - | 1,705 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 651. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| American Baptist Association | USA | 250,000 | - | 1,705 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 692. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as American Baptist Asstn. |
| American Baptist Association | world | 115,000 | - | 1,064 units |
- | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 15. | "There are 1,064 churches with 115,000 members, nearly all in the rural areas. " |
| American Baptist Association | world | 250,000 | - | 1,705 units |
- | 1986 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "The 1986 statistic shows 1,705 churches with a total combined membership of 250,000... " |
| American Baptist Association | world | 250,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* web site: "Religions and Health Care " by Fr. J Mahoney, M.Div.; web page: "Membership Reported " (viewed 20 Feb. 1999); [Orig. source: J. Gordon Melton. Encyclopedia of American Religions, 6th edition, copyright 1999, Gale Publishing] | Table: "Membership Reported "; 3 key columns: "Religious Group ", "Year ", "Membership " (which always specifies location, whether U.S., North America, or Total]; listed in table as "American Baptist Association " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Alabama | 2,568 | 0.06% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members' column: 2,025. [Listed as 'American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.'] |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Alaska | 1,942 | 0.35% | 10 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,463. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Arizona | 12,076 | 0.33% | 42 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,526. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Arkansas | 57 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 46. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | California | 184,723 | 0.62% | 555 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 145,509. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Colorado | 28,333 | 0.86% | 84 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 22,620. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Connecticut | 48,208 | 1.47% | 127 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 39,470. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Delaware | 4,217 | 0.63% | 10 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,379. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Florida | 9,449 | 0.07% | 33 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,805. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Georgia, USA | 11,389 | 0.18% | 16 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,114. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Hawaii | 866 | 0.08% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 697. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Idaho | 10,146 | 1.01% | 39 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,729. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Illinois | 96,440 | 0.84% | 296 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 77,140. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Indiana | 132,970 | 2.40% | 397 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 106,106. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Iowa | 32,175 | 1.16% | 124 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 25,619. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Kansas | 74,440 | 3.00% | 249 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 58,385. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Kentucky | 918 | 0.02% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 742. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Louisiana | 3,019 | 0.07% | 6 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,359. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Maine | 32,549 | 2.65% | 165 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 26,094. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Maryland | 37,317 | 0.78% | 67 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 30,039. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Massachusetts | 66,156 | 1.10% | 261 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 54,417. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Michigan | 67,895 | 0.73% | 176 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 53,812. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Minnesota | 12,649 | 0.29% | 39 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 10,136. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Mississippi | 471 | 0.02% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 350. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Missouri | 11,693 | 0.23% | 21 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,369. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Montana | 4,294 | 0.54% | 26 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,321. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Nebraska | 15,513 | 0.98% | 62 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 12,207. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Nevada | 6,698 | 0.56% | 21 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 5,374. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | New Hampshire | 18,663 | 1.68% | 93 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 14,892. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | New Jersey | 82,795 | 1.07% | 254 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 67,409. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | New Mexico | 1,885 | 0.12% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,502. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | New York | 230,037 | 1.28% | 584 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 186,307. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | North Carolina | 27,361 | 0.41% | 37 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 22,212. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | North Dakota | 2,359 | 0.37% | 19 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,856. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Ohio | 127,219 | 1.17% | 337 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 101,688. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Oklahoma | 2,416 | 0.08% | 13 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,897. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Oregon | 16,912 | 0.60% | 61 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 13,529. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Pennsylvania | 113,025 | 0.95% | 437 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 92,157. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Rhode Island | 21,703 | 2.16% | 77 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 17,824. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | South Carolina | 1,591 | 0.05% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,294. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | South Dakota | 8,497 | 1.22% | 34 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 6,623. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Tennessee | 5,751 | 0.12% | 9 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,592. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Texas | 12,905 | 0.08% | 24 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 10,046. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Texas | 10,046 | 0.06% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | Texas | 12,905 | 0.08% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,536,275 | - | - | - | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 31. | "The two largest missionary efforts are provided by the all-white Southern Baptist Convention, with 8,966,255 members, and the American Baptist Convention, a Northern society of 1,536,275 constituents. " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,550,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 190. | "Approximate [Baptist] membership in the U.S.: American (northern) Baptists, 1,550,000; Southern Baptists, 9,000,000; Negro Baptists (of two National Conventions), 7,170,000. " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1960 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 8. | "By 1960, there were about 22,500,000 Baptists in the U.S., in 27 bodies... the American Baptist Convention (approx. 1,500,000). " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,839,987 | - | 5,762 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,549,220 | - | 5,727 units |
- | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 39. | "There are 5,727 churches with 1,549,220 members... " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,527,840 | - | 5,862 units |
- | 1991 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from table's "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.. " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,600,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 237. | "...the Church of God in Christ (3.7 million members) is already substantially larger than the United Church of Christ (1.7 million), the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (2.9 million), the Episcopal Church (2.4 million), and the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. (1.6 million). " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,537,400 | - | 5,827 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | Listed in this book as "American Baptist Churches/U.S.A. " |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | USA | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People; New York: Haprer Collins (1997). [Orig. source: Bedell, K. B. (ed.) "Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 1996 " (Nashville 1996)]; pg. 969. | "In 1994, the Seven Sisters were listed as having membership as follows: American Baptist Churches [of the USA] 1.5 million... " |
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., continued 