West 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+445 |
1.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-360 |
-2.5% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,240 |
36.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,827 |
22.6% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+757 |
501.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-991 |
-3.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-76 |
-2.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+877 |
81.6% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+115 |
191.7% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+849 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-70 |
-30.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-38 |
-14.3% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,582 |
-18.5% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+314 |
30.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+53 |
82.8% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
2.9% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,733 |
-25.5% |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
39.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-356 |
-24.7% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
-1 |
+286 |
223.4% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+18 |
7.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,843 |
9.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4,422 |
-17.1% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+600 |
66.7% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-44 |
-7.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-172 |
-12.9% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+22 |
8.8% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-107 |
-11.7% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+14 |
0.1% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+1,276 |
30.4% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+1,116 |
72.7% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+406 |
18.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-111 |
-8.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-881 |
-5.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-246 |
-40.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-6 |
+219 |
10.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-1,181 |
-12.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
-1,801 |
-25.6% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-9,119 |
-24.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-28 |
-3,166 |
-2.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-28 |
-1,975 |
-14.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-70 |
-24,238 |
-18.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-117 |
-31,746 |
-17.4% |
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Totals:
-253
| -75,109 |
-10.5% |
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The population of these 55 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,793,477; in 2000 it was 1,808,344. The total population changed 0.8%. The adherent totals for 1990 (741,998) represent 41.4% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (650,016) include 35.9% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 45 groups had 713,402 adherents in 1990 and 638,293 adherents in 2000, for a change of -10.5%
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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