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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 % Change
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +1 +5,153 n.a.
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +5 +674 95.0%
Catholic Church Catholic +2 +4,082 80.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -2 -1.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -6 -467 -64.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +515 n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -4 +2,299 102.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +5 +270 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +3 +749 46.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 +11 5.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +132 26.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +6 +1,834 n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 +252 26.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant +1 +61 n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +450 n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +3 +7,750 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,425 n.a.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +5,064 289.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +1 +300 n.a.
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -74 -25.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +1 +135 n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant +2 +358 6.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +1 +223 676.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -108 -43.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +865 541.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +11 +3,842 12.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 -46 -14.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +2 +2,750 22.0%
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 0 +9 13.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +175 n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +117 n.a.
  Totals: 45 +38,798 +58.9%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 247,160; in 2000 it was 302,963. The total population changed 10.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (81,540) represent 33.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (105,444) include 34.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 31 groups had 65,817 adherents in 1980 and 104,615 adherents in 2000, for a change of 58.9%

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 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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