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County Membership Report
Fairfax County, Virginia
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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
54 |
46,813 |
55.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
49 |
33,888 |
40.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
29 |
149,354 |
176.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
28 |
24,166 |
28.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
25 |
8,473 |
10.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
12,969 |
15.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
11,817 |
13.9 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
3,364 |
4.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
13,675 |
16.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
2,253 |
2.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
3,851 |
4.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,580 |
1.9 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
4,048 |
4.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,725 |
2.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,337 |
2.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,267 |
2.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
6 |
3,199 |
3.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
5,158 |
6.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
2,279 |
2.7 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
165 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,548 |
1.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
532 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,000 |
1.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
245 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
83 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
376 |
0.4 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
44 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
484 |
0.6 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
210 |
0.3 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
146 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
22 |
0.0 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
26 |
0.0 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
89 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
130 |
0.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
278 |
0.3 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
113 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
78 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
194 |
0.2 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
24,014 |
28.3 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 363 |
363,037 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 847,784. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (363,037) include 42.8% 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.
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