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Roanoke County, Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

31,931 16,394   4,019 594 32,840
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 48 42,305 214.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 30 19,553 99.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 14 7,567 38.4
Catholic Church Catholic 5 5,995 30.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 15 4,668 23.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 9 4,204 21.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 9 3,906 19.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 3,647 18.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 2,399 12.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 5 1,624 8.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,484 7.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 1,395 7.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 1,217 6.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 4 862 4.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 751 3.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 6 690 3.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 667 3.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 587 3.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 575 2.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 539 2.7
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 493 2.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 431 2.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 416 2.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 187 1.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 179 0.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 175 0.9
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 131 0.7
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 108 0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 81 0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 39 0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 198 106,966  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 197,123. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (106,966) include 54.3% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.