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 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+757 |
501.3% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
-1 |
+286 |
223.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+115 |
191.7% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+53 |
82.8% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+877 |
81.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+1,116 |
72.7% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+600 |
66.7% |
| Old Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
39.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,240 |
36.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+314 |
30.8% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+1,276 |
30.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,827 |
22.6% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+406 |
18.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-6 |
+219 |
10.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,843 |
9.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+22 |
8.8% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+18 |
7.0% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
2.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+445 |
1.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+14 |
0.1% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-76 |
-2.2% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
-360 |
-2.5% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-28 |
-3,166 |
-2.9% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-991 |
-3.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-881 |
-5.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-44 |
-7.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-111 |
-8.8% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-107 |
-11.7% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-1,181 |
-12.6% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-172 |
-12.9% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-38 |
-14.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-28 |
-1,975 |
-14.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4,422 |
-17.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-117 |
-31,746 |
-17.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-70 |
-24,238 |
-18.3% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,582 |
-18.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-9,119 |
-24.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-356 |
-24.7% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,733 |
-25.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
-1,801 |
-25.6% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-70 |
-30.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-246 |
-40.9% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+849 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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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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