Chattanooga, TN-GA 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 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+19,750 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+8,812 |
9.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+5,073 |
53.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+4,070 |
121.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+1,759 |
18.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+969 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+838 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+772 |
11.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+770 |
128.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+644 |
74.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+389 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+356 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+330 |
21.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+309 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+303 |
5.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+143 |
12.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+120 |
4.0% |
| Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+90 |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+67 |
609.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+60 |
7.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+43 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+32 |
89.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-6 |
-4.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-7 |
-13.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-93 |
-9.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-97 |
-34.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-212 |
-42.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-432 |
-4.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-477 |
-43.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-493 |
-35.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-669 |
-64.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-784 |
-27.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-1,027 |
-3.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-3,865 |
-48.0% |
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Totals:
40
| 37,537 |
+18.4% |
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The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 417,935; in 2000 it was 465,161. The total population changed 9.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (206,444) represent 49.4% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (245,174) include 52.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 34 groups had 204,063 adherents in 1980 and 241,600 adherents in 2000, for a change of 18.4%
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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