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Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

16,307 7,845   7,514 3,308 55,421
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 24 14,577 190.7
Catholic Church Catholic 2 8,871 116.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 8 4,099 53.6
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 3,206 42.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 2,489 32.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,400 18.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 1,312 17.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 926 12.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 877 11.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 467 6.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 442 5.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 350 4.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 347 4.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 310 4.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 3.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 206 2.7
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 159 2.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 141 1.8
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 140 1.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 136 1.8
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 133 1.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 132 1.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 118 1.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 33 0.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 18 0.2
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 17 0.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 10 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 72 41,262  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 76,430. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (41,262) include 54.0% 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.