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State Membership Report
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 |
% Change |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+524 |
406.2% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+197 |
394.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+298 |
334.8% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,384 |
275.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+2,131 |
148.6% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+1,670 |
98.4% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
92.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+3,056 |
73.2% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13,485 |
68.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+629 |
68.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+5 |
+221,774 |
57.7% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+9,371 |
49.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+1,520 |
48.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+5,385 |
42.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+9,240 |
37.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+4,354 |
34.9% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+30 |
+11,235 |
26.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-20 |
+2,341 |
25.5% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+194 |
25.1% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+117 |
24.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+9,617 |
24.1% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
22.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+3,118 |
21.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,408 |
19.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+6,991 |
18.4% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+30 |
16.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+9,576 |
14.4% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+89 |
12.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
+6,052 |
11.8% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+52 |
8.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,338 |
7.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+297 |
7.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,071 |
7.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+14 |
4.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+145 |
+31,777 |
4.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+1,461 |
2.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+51 |
0.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,196 |
-1.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
-3,119 |
-2.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-807 |
-2.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-25 |
-20,408 |
-4.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-54 |
-2,008 |
-4.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-503 |
-7.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,985 |
-7.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-308 |
-9.2% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-193 |
-9.4% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-48 |
-13.5% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-22.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-13 |
-12,105 |
-24.2% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-14 |
-3,543 |
-29.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-103 |
-30.6% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-15 |
-45.5% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,210 |
-80.2% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+183
| +314,360 |
+12.3% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (2,966,083) represent 47.9% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (2,943,551) include 41.6% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 53 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 53 groups had 2,546,625 adherents in 1990 and 2,860,985 adherents in 2000, for a change of 12.3%
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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