Columbia, 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+7,800 |
9.4% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+7,700 |
66.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+3,876 |
35.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,897 |
5.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,169 |
24.1% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,157 |
65.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,156 |
72.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,104 |
44.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+984 |
53.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+747 |
37.3% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+557 |
14.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+538 |
27.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+336 |
1.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+199 |
54.5% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+194 |
510.5% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+170 |
13.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+163 |
1.8% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+114 |
102.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+70 |
30.3% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+52 |
88.1% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+49 |
163.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+48 |
17.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+9 |
2.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-29 |
-17.9% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-69 |
-35.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-147 |
-20.2% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-160 |
-24.8% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-189 |
-44.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-256 |
-12.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
-282 |
-9.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+14
| +28,957 |
+13.9% |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 453,331; in 2000 it was 536,691. The total population changed 18.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (251,789) represent 55.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (240,944) include 44.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 30 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 30 groups had 207,618 adherents in 1990 and 236,575 adherents in 2000, for a change of 13.9%
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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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