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State Membership Report
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Virginia
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1,431 |
690,276 |
129.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
1,688 |
501,217 |
93.7 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
185 |
284,293 |
53.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
559 |
139,423 |
26.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
346 |
134,234 |
25.1 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
186 |
60,435 |
11.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
228 |
48,675 |
9.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
202 |
39,977 |
7.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
75 |
36,643 |
6.9 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
155 |
35,294 |
6.6 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
63 |
29,589 |
5.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
116 |
26,038 |
4.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
68 |
25,318 |
4.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
143 |
25,045 |
4.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
158 |
15,883 |
3.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
40 |
14,256 |
2.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
130 |
14,201 |
2.7 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
114 |
12,282 |
2.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
62 |
12,036 |
2.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
30 |
11,512 |
2.2 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
75 |
10,577 |
2.0 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
53 |
9,453 |
1.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
6,610 |
1.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
40 |
5,802 |
1.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
16 |
2,810 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,791 |
0.5 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,425 |
0.5 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
22 |
2,040 |
0.4 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
1,602 |
0.3 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,052 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
846 |
0.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
810 |
0.2 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
690 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
655 |
0.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
605 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
547 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
497 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
446 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
356 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
313 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
325 |
0.1 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
264 |
0.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
237 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
94 |
0.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
117 |
0.0 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
79 |
0.0 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
47 |
0.0 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
52 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 6,310 |
2,208,889 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 5,346,818. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,208,889) include 41.3% 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.
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