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Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

143,129 57,427   6,499 2,092 132,704
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 230 94,488 349.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 98 28,002 103.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 40 18,647 69.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 20 5,855 21.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 19 2,048 7.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 15 8,011 29.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 13 3,511 13.0
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 12 3,371 12.5
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 12 2,020 7.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 9 789 2.9
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 9 766 2.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 9 1,940 7.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 425 1.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 6 2,469 9.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 700 2.6
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 335 1.2
Catholic Church Catholic 4 1,932 7.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 891 3.3
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 4 183 0.7
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 517 1.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 74 0.3
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 15 0.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 715 2.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 18 0.1
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 25 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 314 1.2
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 128 0.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 64 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 532 178,273  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 270,457. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (178,273) include 65.9% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.