Knox County, Tennessee
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+6,907 |
82.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+6,295 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+5,632 |
1522.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+4,281 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,175 |
168.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+2,359 |
89.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,185 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,950 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,530 |
241.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
+1,149 |
4.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+1,103 |
158.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,007 |
135.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+825 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+795 |
54.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+792 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+618 |
67.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+539 |
0.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+484 |
22.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+434 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+144 |
61.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+128 |
320.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+124 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+99 |
19.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+80 |
24.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+78 |
147.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+49 |
3.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+49 |
2.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+40 |
35.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+35 |
70.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-15 |
-2.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-26 |
-44.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-31 |
-16.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-67 |
-36.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-71 |
-7.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-346 |
-36.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-2,375 |
-20.0% |
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Totals:
30
| +39,955 |
+20.8% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 319,694; in 2000 it was 382,032. The total population changed 13.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (201,748) represent 63.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (236,941) include 62.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 37 groups had 192,537 adherents in 1980 and 232,492 adherents in 2000, for a change of 20.8%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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