Tennessee

Denominational Groups, 2000

2,102,490	551,186	4,010	183,161	64,772	2,783,664
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	2,972	1,414,199	248.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	1,577	393,994	69.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1,466	216,648	38.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	362	66,136	11.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	305	67,800	11.9
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	280	34,415	6.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	227	26,935	4.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	191	40,430	7.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	173	28,538	5.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	172	39,643	7.0
Catholic Church	Catholic	152	183,161	32.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	132	8,225	1.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	125	27,525	4.8
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	115	n.a.	n.a.
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	112	35,037	6.2
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	110	11,817	2.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	87	7,811	1.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	77	24,075	4.2
Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	71	8,517	1.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	70	5,291	0.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	64	28,846	5.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	57	16,883	3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	56	28,108	4.9
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	53	8,579	1.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	49	16,239	2.9
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	43	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	37	50,003	8.8
Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of	Evangelical Protestant	30	4,420	0.8
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	29	3,166	0.6
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	21	1,456	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	21	1,727	0.3
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	21	2,986	0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,231	0.6
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	19	18,250	3.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	17	3,546	0.6
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	16	18,464	3.3
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	15	2,207	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	15	1,414	0.3
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,012	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	13	14,095	2.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	13	2,569	0.5
Buddhism	Other Theology	12	n.a.	n.a.
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	12	933	0.2
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	11	706	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	11	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	11	9,850	1.7
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	11	579	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	886	0.2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,834	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,910	0.5
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,821	0.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	9	4,478	0.8
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,047	0.2
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	7	453	0.1
Hindu	Other Theology	7	n.a.	n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,037	0.2
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	6	263	0.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,627	0.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	5	2,658	0.5
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	1,970	0.4
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	263	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	192	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	220	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	268	0.1
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	4	171	0.0
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	4	n.a.	n.a.
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	305	0.1
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,261	0.2
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	4	269	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	3	1,016	0.2
Sikh	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	37	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	2	230	0.0
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	250	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	2	134	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	2	0	0.0
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	49	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	10	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	106	0.0
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	12	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	78	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	176	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	18	0.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	79	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	9,634	2,905,619
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		3,631,518

The population of these 95 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,877,185; in 2000 it was 5,689,283. The total population changed 16.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,905,619) include 51.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,631,518) include 63.8% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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