Shelby 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 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+561 |
3.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
-1,240 |
-1.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,807 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+744 |
33.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+4,793 |
129.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+8,670 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+573 |
10.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+198 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,850 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,617 |
1229.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+120 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,083 |
29.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+250 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+335 |
72.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+93 |
21.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-837 |
-34.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+336 |
12.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-578 |
-75.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+54 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-116 |
-64.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-368 |
-18.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+993 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,643 |
69.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+687 |
47.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-72.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+290 |
104.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+70 |
583.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
+9,513 |
23.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
100.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+19 |
2.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-196 |
-35.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-128 |
-14.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-873 |
-30.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-450 |
-21.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
+10,944 |
169.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-759 |
-46.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-1,573 |
-3.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-7,096 |
-40.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-8,308 |
-67.0% |
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Totals:
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| 27,769 |
+8.2% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 777,113; in 2000 it was 897,472. The total population changed 8.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (340,438) represent 43.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (371,466) include 41.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 39 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 39 groups had 339,143 adherents in 1980 and 366,912 adherents in 2000, for a change of 8.2%
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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