Lynchburg, VA 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 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+635 |
705.6% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+32 |
213.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+246 |
205.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,895 |
197.2% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,259 |
194.3% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+98 |
132.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+572 |
122.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+289 |
117.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+189 |
96.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+26,939 |
73.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+597 |
58.8% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
+268 |
39.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-18 |
+1,568 |
36.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+334 |
35.2% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
29.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+42 |
25.8% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+118 |
23.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+109 |
20.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+19 |
11.7% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+283 |
7.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+245 |
3.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+8 |
0.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-6 |
-1.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-10 |
-9.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-2,411 |
-9.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-44 |
-17.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-122 |
-25.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-25 |
-29.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-79 |
-55.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-13,500 |
-90.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-6
| +19,556 |
+18.9% |
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The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 193,928; in 2000 it was 214,911. The total population changed 10.8%. The adherent totals for 1990 (114,363) represent 59.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (123,228) include 57.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 31 groups had 103,240 adherents in 1990 and 122,796 adherents in 2000, for a change of 18.9%
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 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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