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Roanoke, VA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

77,193 38,691 534 10,308 3,118 106,088
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 65 47,296 214.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 44 21,532 97.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 19 8,087 36.7
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 23 6,552 29.7
Catholic Church Catholic 5 5,995 27.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 13 4,697 21.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 7 3,915 17.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 9 3,906 17.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 2,399 10.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 5 1,624 7.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,484 6.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 1,395 6.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 1,217 5.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 4 862 3.9
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 751 3.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 6 735 3.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 6 690 3.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 600 2.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 587 2.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 539 2.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 3 493 2.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 431 2.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 416 1.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 187 0.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 179 0.8
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 175 0.8
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 131 0.6
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 108 0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 81 0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 39 0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 251 117,194  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 220,393. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (117,194) include 53.2% 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.