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