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Columbia, SC MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

121,011 92,027 858 19,242 7,806 295,747
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


^ Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 3 1,518 3.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 7 1,533 3.7
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 4 939 2.3
Catholic Church Catholic 11 8,868 21.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 222 0.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 324 0.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 257 0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 2,001 4.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 16 1,150 2.8
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 1 0.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 6 2,457 6.0
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant 1 344 0.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 8 1,569 3.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 1,271 3.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 16 9,467 23.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 56 25,868 63.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 19 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 18 1,566 3.8
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 909 2.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 772 1.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 20 12,259 29.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 4 2,034 5.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 205 0.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 921 2.3
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 106 68,026 165.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 142 0.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 61 32,075 78.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 70 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 373 176,913  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 410,088. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (176,913) include 43.1% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.