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State Membership Report
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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+204 |
+126,189 |
16.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+130 |
+5,763 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+123 |
+7,583 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+67 |
+9,081 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+37 |
+11,886 |
104.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+33 |
+5,737 |
46.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+22,978 |
68.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+4,411 |
51.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+4,901 |
50.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+4,474 |
95.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+11,435 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+8,636 |
73.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
+4,058 |
7.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+13,200 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,789 |
16.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+3,867 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+739 |
119.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,550 |
51.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+11,035 |
48.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+805 |
243.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+77,692 |
132.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,294 |
60.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+783 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,082 |
4.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
+2,902 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+8,284 |
305.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+326 |
105.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-3,101 |
-51.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+227 |
208.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+404 |
94.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+147 |
774.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+136 |
194.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+998 |
192.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+179 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+100 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+114 |
97.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+107 |
66.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+215 |
76.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-5,850 |
-67.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
+140 |
2.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-26 |
+10,554 |
11.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-42 |
+7,710 |
3.0% |
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Totals:
+745
| +365,560 |
+24.1% |
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The population of these 46 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 3,121,820; in 2000 it was 4,012,012. The total population changed 15.1%. The adherent totals for 1980 (1,576,289) represent 50.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,908,638) include 47.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 42 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 42 groups had 1,515,416 adherents in 1980 and 1,880,976 adherents in 2000, for a change of 24.1%
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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