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 |
69 |
14,601 |
58.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
50 |
18,471 |
73.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
40 |
7,404 |
29.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
2,710 |
10.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
26 |
6,992 |
27.8 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
1,905 |
7.6 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
1,096 |
4.4 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
14 |
10,046 |
39.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,085 |
4.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
3,612 |
14.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,194 |
4.7 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
2,180 |
8.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
485 |
1.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
928 |
3.7 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
186 |
0.7 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
190 |
0.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,170 |
4.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,237 |
4.9 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
252 |
1.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
529 |
2.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
271 |
1.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
134 |
0.5 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,750 |
7.0 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
180 |
0.7 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
619 |
2.5 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
105 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.3 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
41 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
136 |
0.5 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
1 |
139 |
0.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
264 |
1.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
270 |
1.1 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
20 |
0.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
151 |
0.6 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
975 |
3.9 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
317 |
1.3 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
1 |
1,668 |
6.6 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
150 |
0.6 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 387 |
83,534 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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95,774 |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 250,454; in 2000 it was 251,662. The total population changed 0.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (83,534) include 33.2% of the total population in 2000. The
adjusted total adherents (95,774) include 38.1% 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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