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 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+3,409 |
363.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+60 |
316.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+1,841 |
202.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+3,990 |
196.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,680 |
146.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,054 |
134.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+307 |
120.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
+10,374 |
117.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,349 |
86.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+50 |
82.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+95 |
67.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+956 |
61.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+501 |
54.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+489 |
38.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+79 |
36.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+23,013 |
34.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+6,594 |
21.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+2,541 |
21.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+352 |
14.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+20 |
10.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+92 |
0.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-71 |
-1.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2 |
-1.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-23.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-192 |
-25.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,517 |
-76.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+133 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+2,747 |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+232 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+123 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+361 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+783 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+77
| +62,502 |
+35.7% |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 410,088; in 2000 it was 536,691. The total population changed 18.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (176,913) represent 43.1% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 174,985 adherents in 1980 and 237,487 adherents in 2000, for a change of 35.7%
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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