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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | California | 39,654 | 0.13% | 171 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': 27,159. [Listed as 'Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).'] |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | California | 63,930 | 0.21% | 230 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': 50,365. [Listed as 'Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.'] |
| Christian Reformed Church | California | 22,172 | 0.07% | 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': 14,363. [Listed as 'Christian Reformed Church.'] |
| Christian Science | California | - | - | 295 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Church of Christ Scientist.'] |
| Christian World Liberation Front | California | - | - | - | - | 1969 | Diamong, Sara. Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right. New York: The Guilford Press (1998), pg. 61. | "The Christian World Liberation Front was founded in 1969 in Berkeley, California, by staffers of Campus Crusade for Christ, a group that had been around since the 1950s. " |
| Christianity | California | - | 77.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990... Self-identification of religious loyalty, using representative sample of 113,000 people in phone interviews. Sum of % by state of 21 main groups Kosmin classified as Christian: Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christianity - no denomination supplied, Church of God - all denominations, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Evangelical/Born Again, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, Holiness/Holy, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventists |
| Christianity - affiliated | California | 11,665,000 | 39.20% | - | - | 1990 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997), pg. 70. [Orig. source: M. Bradley, et al. Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990. Atlanta, GA: Glenmary Research Center (1992)] | Table: "No. 87: Christian Church Adherents, 1990 "; "Christian church adherents were defined as 'all members, including full members, their children and the est. number of other regular participants who are not considered as communicant, confirmed or full members.' " |
| Christianity - independent churches - charismatic | California | 148,115 | 0.50% | 141 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Independent Charismatic Churches.'] |
| Christianity - independent churches - non-charismatic | California | 142,175 | 0.48% | 123 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Independent Non-Charismatic Churches.'] |
| Christianity - no denomination supplied | California | - | 7.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church at Rocky Peak | California | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Chatsworth, CA; pastor David Miller; listed in table as "The Church at Rocky Peak ". |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | California | 16,586 | 0.06% | 130 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': 15,081. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | California | 17,457 | 0.06% | 160 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': 13,586. |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) Denver, Col. | California | 1,520 | 0.01% | 22 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': 1,082. |
| Church of God - all denominations | California | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church of God General Conference, Abrahamic Faith | California | 87 | 0.00% | 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': 69. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite | California | 1,215 | 0.00% | 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': 889. |
| Church of God of Prophecy | California | 5,119 | 0.02% | 113 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': 3,976. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 4,000 | - | - | - | 1920 | Hartley, William G. "The Church Grows in Strength " in Ensign, Sept. 1999, pg. 37. [Orig. source: Richard O. Cowan and William E. Homer, California Saints: A 150-Year Legacy in the Golden State (1996), 264-85.] | "Church membership in California grew from about 4,000 in 1920 to nearly 45,000 in 1940. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 45,000 | - | - | - | 1940 | Hartley, William G. "The Church Grows in Strength " in Ensign, Sept. 1999, pg. 37. [Orig. source: Richard O. Cowan and William E. Homer, California Saints: A 150-Year Legacy in the Golden State (1996), 264-85.] | "In 1923 the Los Angeles Stake became the first modern stake outside the Latter-day Saint Rocky Mountain settlement region. Church membership in California grew from about 4,000 in 1920 to nearly 45,000 in 1940. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 685,000 | - | - | - | 1989 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990), pg. 135. | "Membership is largest in Utah (1.3 million) and contiguous states--Idaho, 290,000, and Arizona, 230,000--but there are 685,000 Saints in California and 175,000 in the state of Washington. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 533,741 | 1.79% | 1,323 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | - | 2.09% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Based on self-identification, using 113,000-person sample, phone interviews conducted by City U. of New York. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 720,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 726,000 | 2.30% | 1,352 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 733,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 122. | "The western states have the highest proportions of members, with California, 733,000; Idaho, 333,000; Arizona, 289,000; Washington, 219,000; and Texas with 198,000... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 733,000 | 2.30% | 1,270 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 170-266. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | California | 750,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | "Mormon Money " in Newsweek, 9 Aug. 1999; pg. 8. | "...California... state's 750,000 Mormons... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | California | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1996 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 435-436. | Table: "Temples of the Church "; Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | California | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "LDSWorld "; web page: "Gems Temple Status Page " (viewed 17 July 1999); compiled by Dave Kenison. Updated regularly. | Original sources: Deseret News Church Almanac, & announcements thru Church News & other media.; Table: "LOCATIONS & DEDICATIONS OF TEMPLES " (incl. dedication dates) |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | California | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Kim Siever's Temple Site "; web page: "United States - West Coast " (viewed 21 April 1999). | Table with columns: Name [of temple], Year: Operating temples: "Laie Hawaii 1919; Los Angeles CA 1956; Oakland CA 1964; Seattle WA 1980; Portland OR 1989; San Diego CA 1993; Anchorage Alaska 1999 " |
| Church of the Brethren | California | 5,435 | 0.02% | 36 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': 4,213. [Listed as 'Church of The Brethren.'] |
| Church of the Golden Rule | California | 1,800 | - | 4 units |
- | 1971 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 158. | "Church of the Golden Rule... In 1971 there were four congregations with about 600 families, all in California... Membership: Not Reported. " |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America | California | 429 | 0.00% | 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': 165. |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession | California | 196 | 0.00% | 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': 143. |
| Church of the Nazarene | California | 92,273 | 0.31% | 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': 56,862. |
| Church of the Nazarene | California | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church of the White Eagle Lodge | California | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (1 Jan. 1999): directory | White Eagle centers in directory: Headquarters for the Americas: Saint John's Retreat Center, 9 St. Beulah Lane, Montgomery, Texas; Los Angeles Lodge, Long Beach, California |
| Churches of Christ | California | 92,154 | 0.31% | 694 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': 70,457. [Listed as 'Churches of Christ.'] |
| Churches of Christ | California | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Churches of God General Conference | California | 337 | 0.00% | 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': 256. [Listed as 'Churches of God General Conference.'] |
| Churches of God General Conference | California | - | - | 9 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official church web site | Figures based on their directory. |
| Congregational Christian Churches - independent | California | 1,539 | 0.01% | 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': 1,182. [Listed as 'Congregational Christian Churches Additional.' Apparently in addition to 'Congregational Christian Churches, National Assoc Of', listed separately.] |
| Congregational Christian Churches, National Association of | California | 9,742 | 0.03% | 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': 7,704. [Listed as 'Congregational Christian Churches, National Assoc Of.'] |
| Congregationalist | California | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America | California | - | - | 176 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | California | 9,253 | 0.03% | 13 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: 7,339. [Listed as 'Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.'] |
| Conversations With God | California | - | - | 23 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* "Conversations With God by Neale Walsch " official web site; web page: "Study Groups in the United States, A-C " | counted from directory |
| Coptic Orthodox | California | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 139. Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Crenshaw Christian Center | California | 16,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992), pg. 177-178. [Orig. source: "Update on Action in American Churches, " Religion & Democracy, Nov. 1990, pg. 6] | "The largest church sanctuary in U.S. is owned by the Crenshaw Christian Center, a mostly black congregation in [L.A.] With a seating capacity of 10,400, a campus of 32 acres, and a constituency said to top 16,000... " |
| Crossroads Bible Church | California | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; in San Jose, CA. |
| CrossWinds Church | California | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Dublin, CA. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church | California | 1,158 | 0.00% | 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': 1,064. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church | California | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web page: 1998 Yearbook of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church | counted from directory: "Location Index of Churches " |
| Dawn Horse Community | California | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 320. | "It was perhaps inevitable that Hindu missionary activity would produce an indigenous American Hinduism. Theosophy may have been the precursor of recent movements lead by... Bubba Free John (b. Franklin Jones, 1939), who founded the Dawn Horse Community in California and freely borrows from the teachings of the Hindu masters. " |
| Divine Life Society | California | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1972 | Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972), pg. 229. | "...the message of Swami Sivananda is being widely disseminated. Branches of the [Divine Life] Society in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New Haven, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, and in 3 Canadian cities... " |
| Emmanuel Faith Evangelical Church | California | 3,914 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Escondido, CA; pastor Richard Strauss. |
| Episcopal Church | California | 178,263 | 0.60% | 450 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': 122,124. |
| Episcopalian | California | - | 1.80% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church | California | 523 | 0.00% | 2 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: 421. [Listed as 'Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church.'] |
| Evangelical Free Church | California | 39,874 | 0.13% | 158 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': 24,787. [Listed as 'Evangelical Free Church of America.'] |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | California | 193,389 | 0.65% | 477 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': 141,854. [Listed as 'Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.'] |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod | California | 550 | 0.00% | 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': 427. [Listed as 'Evangelical Lutheran Synod.'] |
| Evangelical Methodist Church | California | 734 | 0.00% | 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': 577. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church | California | 315 | 0.00% | 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': 302. |
| Evangelical/Born Again | California | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Faith Community Church | California | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Covina, CA; pastor James Reeve. |
| Fellowship of Christian Assemblies | California | - | - | 8 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | counted listings from church directory |
| Filipino Assemblies of the First Born | California | - | - | 15 units |
- | 1969 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 248. Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: White Trinitarian Pentecostals. | "Membership: Not reported. In 1969 there were 15 churches in California and 17 in Hawaii. " |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church (Wesleyan) | California | 51 | 0.00% | 5 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': 40. [Listed as 'Fire Baptized Holiness Church (Wesleyan).'] |
| First Baptist Church (Modesto, CA) | California | 2,500 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Modesto, CA; pastor Wade Estes. [Listed in table as "First Baptist Church "] |
| Free and Old Christian Reformed Church of Canada and America | California | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1966 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 159. | "Membership: In 1966 the church had 3 congregations in the U.S. (one each in Michigan, New Jersey and California)... " |
| Free Lutheran Congregations, Association of | California | 630 | 0.00% | 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': 473. [Listed as 'Free Lutheran Congregations Association Of.'] |
| Free Methodist Church of North America | California | 7,976 | 0.03% | 88 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': 5,844. [Listed as 'Free Methodist Church of North America.'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | California | 7,276 | 0.02% | 70 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': 5,529. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
