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Barnwell County, South Carolina

Denominational Groups, 2000

9,754 1,784   215 160 11,565
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 22 8,071 406.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 4 932 46.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 451 22.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 6 333 16.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 251 12.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 214 10.8
Catholic Church Catholic 2 195 9.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 182 9.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 153 7.7
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 75 3.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 42 2.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 42 2.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 49 10,941  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 19,868. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (10,941) include 55.1% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga county are Episcopalian.