Greenville County, South Carolina

Denominational Groups, 2000

146,158	48,564	911	17,684	4,343	161,956
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	168	108,070	284.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	64	24,834	65.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	7	17,684	46.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	20	13,188	34.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	31	9,349	24.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	9	6,500	17.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	5,900	15.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	16	4,968	13.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	6	3,555	9.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,520	9.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	2,200	5.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	17	2,161	5.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,084	5.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	4	1,859	4.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,340	3.5
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	2	1,200	3.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,077	2.8
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	992	2.6
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	807	2.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	672	1.8
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	1	609	1.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	13	572	1.5
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	553	1.5
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	498	1.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	446	1.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	403	1.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	308	0.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	290	0.8
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	228	0.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	229	0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	1	209	0.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	3	184	0.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	1	155	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	144	0.4
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	131	0.4
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	118	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	111	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	2	106	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	104	0.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	66	0.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	65	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	58	0.2
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	1	56	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.1
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	1	22	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	449	217,660
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		276,538

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 320,167; in 2000 it was 379,616. The total population changed 18.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (217,660) include 57.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (276,538) include 72.8% 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.

^†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.

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