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Cabell County, West Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

12,431 21,936 350 5,117 1,459 55,491
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 23 8,977 92.8
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 200 2.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 111 1.2
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 26 0.3
Catholic Church Catholic 6 5,117 52.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 983 10.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 1,165 12.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 217 2.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 642 6.6
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 76 0.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 687 7.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 834 8.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 8 898 9.3
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 994 10.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 1,050 10.9
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 73 0.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 76 0.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 150 1.6
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 1,500 15.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,603 16.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 125 1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 121 1.3
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 609 6.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 14 836 8.6
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 79 0.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 2,307 23.8
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 105 1.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 111 1.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 140 1.5
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 3,497 36.1
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 12 0.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 143 1.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 29 7,406 76.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 313 3.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 147 41,293  
Total (Adjusted)**:   46,852  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 96,827; in 2000 it was 96,784. The total population changed 0.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (41,293) include 42.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (46,852) include 48.4% 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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