Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

1,211,065	924,802	11,208	606,059	190,417	4,134,964
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	1,660	774,637	109.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	233	606,059	85.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	1,601	470,381	66.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	519	135,435	19.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	359	126,874	17.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	53	76,140	10.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	196	65,798	9.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	98	57,233	8.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	150	53,308	7.5
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	27	51,021	7.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	220	49,566	7.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	196	45,035	6.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	170	40,030	5.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	38	37,925	5.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	177	33,854	4.8
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	17	33,210	4.7
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	175	31,421	4.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	201	28,412	4.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	110	23,284	3.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	49	18,751	2.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	110	17,946	2.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	71	17,933	2.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	64	16,830	2.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	162	16,375	2.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	81	14,648	2.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	59	11,517	1.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	84	8,543	1.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	12	7,944	1.1
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	25	7,231	1.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	24	6,170	0.9
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	118	5,870	0.8
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	38	4,636	0.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	57	4,297	0.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	37	3,778	0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	21	3,565	0.5
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	13	3,368	0.5
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	46	3,212	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	30	3,050	0.4
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	23	2,978	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	9	2,097	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,887	0.3
Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of	Evangelical Protestant	24	1,868	0.3
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,870	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,554	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	1	1,400	0.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,084	0.2
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,030	0.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	8	966	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	777	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	10	784	0.1
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	8	681	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	684	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	702	0.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	653	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	562	0.1
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	590	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	6	524	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	429	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	400	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	4	441	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	2	400	0.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	425	0.1
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	387	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	343	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	3	308	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	300	0.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	3	299	0.0
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	218	0.0
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	247	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	234	0.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	183	0.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	1	207	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	107	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	4	137	0.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	130	0.0
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	56	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	1	48	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	3	60	0.0
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	105	0.0
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	56	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	3	18	0.0
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	8	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	29	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	100	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	40	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	10	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	10	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	7,736	2,943,551
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		3,791,366

The population of these 135 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 6,187,358; in 2000 it was 7,078,515. The total population changed 14.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,943,551) include 41.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,791,366) include 53.6% 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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