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Fayetteville, NC MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

61,797 31,029 521 9,182 2,915 197,519
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 66 33,407 121.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 28 13,522 49.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 27 6,841 24.9
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 25 13,872 50.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 20 3,774 13.8
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 11 5,340 19.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 8 869 3.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 7 1,308 4.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 1,993 7.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 6 277 1.0
Catholic Church Catholic 5 6,266 22.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,940 7.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 600 2.2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,950 7.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 252 0.9
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 251 0.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 145 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 690 2.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,125 4.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 745 2.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 91 0.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 150 0.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 2,069 7.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 27 0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 128 0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 0 0.0
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 95 0.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 438 1.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 129 0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.3
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 268 1.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 18 0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.1
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 24,263 88.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 249 122,964  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 274,566. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (122,964) include 44.8% of the total population in 1990.

Source

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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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.