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Augusta County, Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

11,213 19,295     61 35,046
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
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 50 15,013 153.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 26 8,689 89.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 17 8,825 90.3
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 16 3,571 36.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 13 3,028 31.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 8 570 5.8
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 8 1,139 11.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 1,103 11.3
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 685 7.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 1,079 11.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 925 9.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 151 1.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 3 312 3.2
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 476 4.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 294 3.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 490 5.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 206 2.1
Catholic Church Catholic 2 2,073 21.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 292 3.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 361 3.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 570 5.8
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 84 0.9
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 195 2.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 519 5.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 339 3.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 375 3.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 61 0.6
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 471 4.8
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 55 0.6
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 120 1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 99 1.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 700 7.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 72 0.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 176 1.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 384 3.9
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 2,016 20.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 197 55,595  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 97,687. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (55,595) include 56.9% of the total population in 1990.

Source

The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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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.