Birmingham, AL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

358,419	103,638	1,821	46,606	11,283	399,339
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	451	275,361	299.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	180	72,119	78.3
Catholic Church	Catholic	33	46,606	50.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	72	16,008	17.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	22	15,714	17.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	104	15,165	16.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	35	13,490	14.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	16	10,384	11.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	33	10,236	11.1
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	5	5,300	5.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	12	4,429	4.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	12	3,608	3.9
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	24	3,477	3.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,659	2.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	20	2,633	2.9
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	17	2,414	2.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	11	2,087	2.3
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	1,827	2.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	6	1,767	1.9
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	7	1,719	1.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	1,644	1.8
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,523	1.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	8	1,453	1.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	19	1,377	1.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,320	1.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	910	1.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	20	889	1.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	7	846	0.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	488	0.5
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	477	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	460	0.5
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	350	0.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	2	338	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	320	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	325	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	263	0.3
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	7	240	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	228	0.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	213	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	177	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	169	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	119	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	100	0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	101	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	3	83	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	79	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	78	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	60	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	51	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	48	0.1
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.0
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	17	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,219	521,767
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		735,725

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 840,140; in 2000 it was 921,106. The total population changed 9.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (521,767) include 56.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (735,725) include 79.9% 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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