Knoxville, TN 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+7,143 |
46.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+5,365 |
65.1% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+4,239 |
10092.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,925 |
77.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,825 |
1.2% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,990 |
674.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,230 |
57.2% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,162 |
50.2% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+952 |
26.2% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+880 |
53.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+804 |
15.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
+699 |
1.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+610 |
42.4% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+463 |
7.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+316 |
30.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+285 |
164.7% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+252 |
23.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+208 |
5.4% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+81 |
13.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+56 |
0.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+33 |
33.7% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+26 |
12.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+24 |
16.9% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+19 |
11.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1 |
0.3% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-21 |
-21.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-26.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-105 |
-29.7% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-115 |
-27.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-123 |
-12.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-172 |
-28.4% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-230 |
-16.3% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-450 |
-16.1% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-520 |
-33.9% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-689 |
-18.6% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,132 |
-8.3% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+7
| +28,997 |
+7.6% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 585,960; in 2000 it was 687,249. The total population changed 17.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (407,577) represent 69.6% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (419,653) include 61.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 37 groups had 383,718 adherents in 1990 and 412,715 adherents in 2000, for a change of 7.6%
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 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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