Richmond-Petersburg, 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+8,945 |
6.6% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+3,482 |
15.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+4,734 |
120.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,240 |
23.5% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+357 |
15.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,637 |
70.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+99 |
4.2% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+606 |
2.5% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+14,391 |
34.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,169 |
41.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+851 |
21.9% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+152 |
41.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,716 |
92.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+824 |
3.3% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+210 |
600.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-43 |
-12.4% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+411 |
18.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+33 |
4.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+98 |
326.7% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-69.2% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
92.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+133 |
97.1% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+70 |
66.7% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-20 |
-15.5% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+114 |
175.4% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+31 |
19.1% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+10 |
25.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-87 |
-9.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-166 |
-0.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+89 |
53.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-186 |
-33.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+115 |
2.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+3,400 |
113.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+7,351 |
91.9% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-68 |
-13.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-103 |
-28.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+370 |
6.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-117 |
-4.7% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-207 |
-35.3% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-195 |
-8.1% |
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Totals:
+66
| +52,460 |
+14.0% |
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The population of these 13 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 865,640; in 2000 it was 996,512. The total population changed 15.1%. The adherent totals for 1990 (456,519) represent 52.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (434,385) include 43.6% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 40 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 40 groups had 375,605 adherents in 1990 and 428,065 adherents in 2000, for a change of 14.0%
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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