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Metro Area Membership Report
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-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 |
511 |
261,719 |
174.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
256 |
117,393 |
78.3 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
26 |
85,842 |
57.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
171 |
68,204 |
45.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
94 |
37,340 |
24.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
90 |
27,285 |
18.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
33 |
14,179 |
9.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
11,883 |
7.9 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
10,178 |
6.8 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
8,810 |
5.9 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
8,765 |
5.9 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
39 |
8,406 |
5.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
7,883 |
5.3 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
6 |
7,883 |
5.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
16 |
7,347 |
4.9 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
6,068 |
4.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
5,728 |
3.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
5,258 |
3.5 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
44 |
5,112 |
3.4 |
| National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
4,785 |
3.2 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
4,236 |
2.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
26 |
4,022 |
2.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
3,825 |
2.6 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
3,412 |
2.3 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
3,084 |
2.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
2,812 |
1.9 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
2,652 |
1.8 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,929 |
1.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,651 |
1.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,350 |
0.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,135 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,104 |
0.7 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
1,082 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,000 |
0.7 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
955 |
0.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
881 |
0.6 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
867 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
843 |
0.6 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
743 |
0.5 |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
495 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
429 |
0.3 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
420 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
386 |
0.3 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
319 |
0.2 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
264 |
0.2 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
250 |
0.2 |
| Original Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
227 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
197 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
167 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
149 |
0.1 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
131 |
0.1 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
41 |
0.0 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
44 |
0.0 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
51 |
0.0 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
8 |
0.0 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 1,701 |
751,317 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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973,966 |
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The population of these 7 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,162,093; in 2000 it was 1,499,293. The total population changed 29.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (751,317) include 50.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (973,966) include 65.0% 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 [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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