Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC 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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+17,924 |
516.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+287 |
194.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,545 |
171.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+404 |
162.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+3,459 |
137.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+2,002 |
108.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,449 |
97.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+4,519 |
90.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+15 |
+43,027 |
84.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+50 |
83.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
+8,032 |
76.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+3,044 |
64.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+475 |
61.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,101 |
57.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+25 |
46.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+512 |
30.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+464 |
15.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+773 |
9.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+49 |
+9,725 |
7.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+694 |
7.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+2,750 |
4.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-625 |
-3.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-124 |
-7.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,948 |
-14.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-4,164 |
-15.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-132 |
-27.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-14 |
-1,526 |
-28.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-709 |
-56.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-911 |
-60.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-472 |
-68.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+320 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+2,901 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+10,875 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+466 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,992 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+1,156 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+280 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+25,400 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+69 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+130 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+316 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+86 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+182
| +135,641 |
+33.8% |
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The population of these 15 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 1,200,998; in 2000 it was 1,569,541. The total population changed 8.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (419,903) represent 35.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (548,407) include 34.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 401,488 adherents in 1980 and 537,129 adherents in 2000, for a change of 33.8%
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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