South Carolina
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 |
+57,951 |
73.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+97 |
+33,951 |
3.8% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+12,190 |
27.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
+10,169 |
10.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+9,300 |
238.5% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+8,708 |
34.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+3,831 |
7.9% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+3,528 |
20.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,326 |
16.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-5 |
+2,442 |
28.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+2,174 |
13.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,405 |
18.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,311 |
82.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,304 |
80.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+992 |
12.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+657 |
16.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
+655 |
11.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+621 |
5.1% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+441 |
47.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+414 |
13.7% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+382 |
50.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+290 |
23.6% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+262 |
111.5% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+230 |
1.8% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+216 |
51.4% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+171 |
285.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+133 |
20.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+103 |
44.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+77 |
86.5% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+64 |
31.1% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+35 |
0.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-109 |
-0.2% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-214 |
-7.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-20 |
-416 |
-6.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-471 |
-86.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-4,215 |
-26.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-27 |
-6,387 |
-2.1% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-10,206 |
-57.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+122
| +135,315 |
+7.8% |
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The population of these 46 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,486,703; in 2000 it was 4,012,012. The total population changed 15.1%. The adherent totals for 1990 (2,157,828) represent 61.9% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,908,638) include 47.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 38 groups had 1,740,548 adherents in 1990 and 1,875,863 adherents in 2000, for a change of 7.8%
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 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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