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Goldsboro, NC MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

21,468 16,139   2,417 2,218 71,087
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
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 10,264 98.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 27 9,403 89.8
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 18 9,293 88.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 21 4,526 43.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 13 3,780 36.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 1,822 17.4
Catholic Church Catholic 2 1,818 17.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 4 1,701 16.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 10 1,419 13.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 1,162 11.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,134 10.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 7 1,130 10.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 757 7.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 740 7.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 364 3.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 2.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 259 2.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 252 2.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 5 223 2.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 194 1.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 170 1.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 138 1.3
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 122 1.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 120 1.2
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 49 0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 44 0.4
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 2 26 0.3
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 146 51,439  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 104,666. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (51,439) include 49.1% 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.