Bexar County, Texas
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
152 |
119,661 |
85.9 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
92 |
574,108 |
412.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
60 |
41,148 |
29.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
52 |
10,616 |
7.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
41 |
10,886 |
7.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
11,747 |
8.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
13,170 |
9.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
22 |
9,833 |
7.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
20 |
12,587 |
9.0 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
2,435 |
1.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
2,629 |
1.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
10,701 |
7.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,127 |
1.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
3,001 |
2.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,824 |
1.3 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
44,510 |
32.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
6,790 |
4.9 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
385 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
3,215 |
2.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
11,000 |
7.9 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
437 |
0.3 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
388 |
0.3 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
449 |
0.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
2,307 |
1.7 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
238 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
3,182 |
2.3 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
125 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
441 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
537 |
0.4 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
158 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
70 |
0.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,676 |
1.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
476 |
0.3 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
2 |
519 |
0.4 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
241 |
0.2 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
443 |
0.3 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
70 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.0 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
121 |
0.1 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
48 |
0.0 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
514 |
0.4 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
149 |
0.1 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
70 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
102 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
329 |
0.2 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
298 |
0.2 |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
633 |
0.5 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
780 |
0.6 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
55 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 692 |
907,309 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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1,064,517 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,185,394; in 2000 it was 1,392,931. The total population changed 17.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (907,309) include 65.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,064,517) include 76.4% 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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