Charleston, WV 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† |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
48 |
21,507 |
85.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
73 |
16,970 |
67.8 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
13 |
9,932 |
39.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
8,438 |
33.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
40 |
7,841 |
31.3 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
5,080 |
20.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,571 |
14.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
2,786 |
11.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
2,338 |
9.3 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
2,265 |
9.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,600 |
6.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,466 |
5.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,349 |
5.4 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
1,331 |
5.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,045 |
4.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,031 |
4.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
925 |
3.7 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
895 |
3.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
832 |
3.3 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
667 |
2.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
514 |
2.1 |
| Primitive Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
388 |
1.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
378 |
1.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
344 |
1.4 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
249 |
1.0 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
180 |
0.7 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
136 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
132 |
0.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
116 |
0.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
112 |
0.5 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
106 |
0.4 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
93 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.3 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 407 |
94,748 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 250,454. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (94,748) include 37.8% 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.
