Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
109 |
66,317 |
120.8 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
105 |
37,146 |
67.7 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
14,616 |
26.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
14,846 |
27.0 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
2,176 |
4.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
25 |
33,145 |
60.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
8,361 |
15.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
3,489 |
6.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
2,008 |
3.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,551 |
4.7 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
493 |
0.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,456 |
4.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,392 |
2.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,883 |
3.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
7 |
3,132 |
5.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
947 |
1.7 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
2,032 |
3.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
538 |
1.0 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
388 |
0.7 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,032 |
1.9 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
5,650 |
10.3 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
185 |
0.3 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
5,000 |
9.1 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
920 |
1.7 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
768 |
1.4 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
497 |
0.9 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
203 |
0.4 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
1,140 |
2.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
82 |
0.2 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
188 |
0.3 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
1 |
64 |
0.1 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
243 |
0.4 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
87 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
312 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
303 |
0.6 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
38 |
0.1 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
92 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.1 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
100 |
0.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 500 |
214,937 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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305,419 |
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The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 506,875; in 2000 it was 549,033. The total population changed 8.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (214,937) include 39.1% of the total population in 2000. The
adjusted total adherents (305,419) include 55.6% 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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