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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 |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+63,955 |
292.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+91 |
+51,672 |
25.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+15,646 |
134.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+13,912 |
13.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+8,765 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+7,674 |
676.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+6,478 |
175.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+5,852 |
97.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+27 |
+5,728 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+44 |
+5,112 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+4,663 |
174.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+3,084 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,735 |
82.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+2,652 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+2,199 |
181.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,681 |
66.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,596 |
66.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,350 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,135 |
220.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,068 |
16.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,000 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+955 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+744 |
6.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
+724 |
1.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+679 |
160.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+369 |
615.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+339 |
64.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+214 |
428.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+167 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+149 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+35 |
389.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-95 |
-16.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-333 |
-4.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-628 |
-42.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-744 |
-2.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-869 |
-24.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-888 |
-51.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-931 |
-15.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-1,352 |
-26.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,699 |
-60.0% |
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Totals:
+318
| +204,793 |
+38.8% |
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The population of these 7 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 971,391; in 2000 it was 1,499,293. The total population changed 29.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (617,501) represent 63.6% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (751,317) include 50.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 40 groups had 527,984 adherents in 1980 and 732,777 adherents in 2000, for a change of 38.8%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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