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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advent Christian Church | Oregon | 107 | 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': 85. |
| Advent Christian Church | Rhode Island | 191 | 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': 157. |
| Advent Christian Church | South Carolina | 1,042 | 0.03% | 11 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': 812. |
| Advent Christian Church | Tennessee | 92 | 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': 73. |
| Advent Christian Church | Texas | 221 | 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': 172. |
| Advent Christian Church | Texas | 172 | 0.00% | - | - | 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. |
| Advent Christian Church | Texas | 221 | 0.00% | - | - | 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. |
| Advent Christian Church | USA | 23,794 | - | 329 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Advent Christian Church | USA | 28,000 | - | 335 units |
- | 1992 | 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 "Advent Christian Church. " |
| Advent Christian Church | USA | 27,100 | - | 317 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. Listed as "Adventist Christian Church " |
| Advent Christian Church | USA | 26,819 | - | 311 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 Advent Christian Church |
| Advent Christian Church | Vermont | 399 | 0.07% | 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': 317. |
| Advent Christian Church | Virginia | 1,030 | 0.02% | 15 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': 847. |
| Advent Christian Church | Washington | 647 | 0.01% | 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': 520. |
| Advent Christian Church | West Virginia | 1,361 | 0.08% | 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': 1,101. |
| Advent Christian Church | Wisconsin | 450 | 0.01% | 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': 353. |
| Advent Christian Church | world | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1900 | Conkin, Paul K. American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity, The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC (1997); pg. 124. | "The Advent Christian Association (today the Advent Christian Church) grew rapidly only in the immediate aftermath of its founding. By 1900 it had over 25,000 members but was already in relative decline (it has about the same number today). " |
| Advent Christian Church | world | 29,430 | - | 444 units |
- | 1926 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 6. | "Jonathan Cummings... organized one group called the 'Advent Christian Church' at Worcester, Mass., in 1861 which in 1926 listed 29,430 members, with 444 churches valued at $11,069,449. " |
| Advent Christian Church | world | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 21. | "approximately 20,000 members in 340 local churches are grouped in five regional districts in the U.S. and Canada... " |
| Advent Christian Church | world | 28,000 | - | 325 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Advent Christian Church | world | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Conkin, Paul K. American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity, The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC (1997); pg. 124. | "The Advent Christian Association (today the Advent Christian Church) grew rapidly only in the immediate aftermath of its founding. By 1900 it had over 25,000 members but was already in relative decline (it has about the same number today). " |
| Adventist | Finland | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Evangelical Church in Finland official web site; web page: "Churches and religions in Finland "; (viewed 5 July 1999). | Table: "Churches and religions in Finland " |
| Adventist | Haiti | 66,114 | 1.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholic 80% (of which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982); Total Population: 6,611,407 (1997 est.). |
| Adventist | Latvia | - | - | 33 units |
- | 1993 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 225. | "In 1993, the number of parishes in Latvia was as follows: Lutheran, 290; Roman Catholic, 191; Russian Orthodox, 100; Baptist, 69; Old Believers, 56; Pentecostal, 44; Adventist, 33; Jewish, 5; and others, 23. " |
| Adventist | New Zealand | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Minor Churches (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. Listed in table as "Adventist (not further defined) "; Seventh-Day Adventist (much bigger in numbers) are listed separately. |
| Adventist | New Zealand | 288 | 0.01% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Minor Churches (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. Listed in table as "Adventist (not further defined) "; Seventh-Day Adventist (much bigger in numbers) are listed separately. |
| Adventist | North America | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1844 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "By 1844 there were between 50,000 and 100,000 Adventists in North America. " |
| Adventist | Norway | 6,090 | - | 66 units |
- | 1971 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Religious and philosophical communities outside Church of Norway " |
| Adventist | Norway | 6,595 | - | 71 units |
- | 1980 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Religious and philosophical communities outside Church of Norway " |
| Adventist | Norway | 6,631 | - | 68 units |
- | 1990 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Religious and philosophical communities outside Church of Norway " |
| Adventist | Norway | 6,319 | - | 72 units |
- | 1996 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Religious and philosophical communities outside Church of Norway " |
| Adventist | USA | 300,000 | 0.18% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 205. | "Adventists have 300,000 U.S. members (one million in the world); largest are Seventh-day Adventists... " |
| Adventist | USA | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1972 | Marty, Martin E. Protestantism (History of Religion Series). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1972); pg. 27. | "...scores of groups in the United States... The Adventist bodies, important for their adherence to some Old Testament laws or to Sabbath observance, and for missionary activity, include up to a half million Protestants. " |
| Adventist | USA | 800,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches | - |
| Adventist | USA | 808,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Christian Organizations "; "Membership numbers, as supplied by various denominations " |
| Adventist | world | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1850 | Conkin, Paul K. American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity, The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC (1997); pg. 122. | (Millerite) "In a sense the Millerite movement ended in 1844... those Millerites who left their earlier congregations could not go home again, and thus 6 years later up to 50,000 people still considered themselves Adventists. By then... deeply divided... " |
| Adventist | world | 165,000 | - | 2,500 units |
- | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 6. | There are six Adventist sects: Advent Christian Church; Seventh Day Adventists; Church of God (Adventist); Life and Advent Union; Church of God (Oregon, Ill.); Primitive Advent Christian Church. These have about 2,500 churches and 165,000 members. |
| Adventist | world | 1,000,000 | 0.04% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 205. | "Adventists have 300,000 U.S. members (one million in the world); largest are Seventh-day Adventists... " |
| Adventist | world | 5,400,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | Walls, Andrew. "Christianity " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984]; pg. 108. | "Figure 2.7: Northern (non-Latin Western) Christianity [i.e. Protestantism], 1980: world figures (after Barrett, 1982) " |
| Aetherius Society | Australia | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | Canada | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | Europe | - | - | 11 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups. All Europe branches and groups appear to be in the United Kingdom. |
| Aetherius Society | Ghana | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | New Zealand | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | Nigeria | - | - | 13 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | United Kingdom | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1954 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 8). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1003. | "The Aetherius Society... apparently originated in London on a Saturday morning in May 1954, when George King heard a voice saying 'Prepare yourself...' " |
| Aetherius Society | United Kingdom | - | - | 11 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups. All Europe branches and groups appear to be in the United Kingdom. |
| Aetherius Society | USA | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | world | 650 | - | - | - | 1993 | *LINK* web site: "New Religious Movements " (University of Virginia); web page: "The Aetherius Society " (viewed 31 Jan. 1999); "Created by Shelley Perdue for Sociology 257, Fall, 1998 " | "Size of the Group: Although I could find no studies of The Aetherius Society that had pin-pointed an exact number of members, in 1993 it was reported that 650 copies of The Cosmic Voice were being published, giving us a rough estimate of the extent of King's following (Melton, 677). " |
| Aetherius Society | world | - | - | 39 units |
8 countries |
1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Aetherius Society | Zimbabwe | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site | directory of branches and groups |
| Afar | world | 350,000 | - | - | 3 countries |
1995 | Haskins, Jim & Joann Biondi. From Afar to Zulu: A Dictionary of African Cultures. New York: Walker Publishing Co. (1995); pg. 5, 8-9. | "Afar: Population: 350,000; Location: Northern Somalia, Djibouti, southern Ethiopia; Language: Afar, a Cushitic (northeastern Africa) language "; Pg. 8: "All of them are Muslim, and some fast for the holy month of Ramadan. Those who can afford to do so make the pilgrimage to... Mecca... at least once in their lifetime... The Afar retain some aspects of their older, pre-Islam faith, including beliefs in trees and groves that have sacred powers and religious rites such as anointing their bodies with butter or ghee. Like many other African cultures, they believe in the power of the spirits of the dead and celebrate an annual feast of the dead called Rabena. " |
| affiliated | Alabama | - | 32.90% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 68. | Figure 3.3: "Religious Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| affiliated | Arkansas | - | 16.60% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 68. | Figure 3.3: "Religious Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| affiliated | California | - | 42.30% | 14,427 units |
- | 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. | Table: "Texas Leads the Nation in Number of Churches, Members "; "Data based on reports from church bodies. "; Affiliated here is number of "Adherents " -- defined as "all members, including regular participants who are not considered as communicant. " |
| affiliated | Connecticut | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 27. | Table 2.2: "Religious Adherence Rates by Colony, 1776 (in percent) " |
| affiliated | Connecticut | - | 36.00% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 68. | Figure 3.3: "Religious Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| affiliated | Delaware | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 27. | Table 2.2: "Religious Adherence Rates by Colony, 1776 (in percent) " |
| affiliated | Delaware | - | 32.60% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 68. | Figure 3.3: "Religious Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| affiliated | Florida | - | 28.80% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 68. | Figure 3.3: "Religious Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| affiliated | Georgia, USA | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 26. | "Now let us consider the adherence rate for each colony... There is substantial variation, from as low as 7% in Georgia and 9% in Vermont and North Carolina, up to 26% in New Jersey... " |
| affiliated | Georgia, USA | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 27. | Table 2.2: "Religious Adherence Rates by Colony, 1776 (in percent) "; White adherence rate: 20% |
| affiliated | Georgia, USA | - | 39.20% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 68. | Figure 3.3: "Religious Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| affiliated | Georgia: Coweta County | 29,456 | 54.70% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Satterthwaite, Sallie. "Census shows thousands involved in churches " on web site: "The Citizen Online " (Fayette County, Georgia, USA newspaper); web page: "The Citizen Church FactFinder " (Dec. 1996 - December 1997). (Viewed online 17 April 1999). | "Data from the 1990 U.S. Census indicate that Coweta County's [Georgia, USA] population was 53,853 while Fayette's was 62,415... In Coweta County, 29,456 persons, or 54.7% of the population, indicated that they had religious affiliations. " |
| affiliated | Georgia: Fayette County | 40,974 | 65.50% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Satterthwaite, Sallie. "Census shows thousands involved in churches " on web site: "The Citizen Online " (Fayette County, Georgia, USA newspaper); web page: "The Citizen Church FactFinder " (Dec. 1996 - December 1997). (Viewed online 17 April 1999). | "Data from the 1990 U.S. Census indicate that Coweta County's [Georgia, USA] population was 53,853 while Fayette's was 62,415... Fayette County data reported that 40,974 claimed religious affiliation; that number represents 65.5% of the population. " |
