Tennessee

Religious Traditions, 2010

2,384,381	273,889	533,145	10,422	223,045	97,463	2,823,760
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2,972	1,414,199	248.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1,577	393,994	69.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1,466	216,648	38.1
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	152	183,161	32.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	305	67,800	11.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	362	66,136	11.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	37	50,003	8.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	191	40,430	7.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	172	39,643	7.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	112	35,037	6.2
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	280	34,415	6.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	64	28,846	5.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	173	28,538	5.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	56	28,108	4.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	125	27,525	4.8
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	227	26,935	4.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	77	24,075	4.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	16	18,464	3.2
Jewish	Other	Judaism	19	18,250	3.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	57	16,883	3.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	49	16,239	2.9
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	14,095	2.5
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	110	11,817	2.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	9,850	1.7
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	53	8,579	1.5
Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	71	8,517	1.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	132	8,225	1.4
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	87	7,811	1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	70	5,291	0.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	9	4,478	0.8
Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	30	4,420	0.8
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	17	3,546	0.6
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	3,231	0.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	29	3,166	0.6
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	21	2,986	0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	2,910	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	2,658	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	13	2,569	0.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	15	2,207	0.4
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,970	0.3
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	1,834	0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,821	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	21	1,727	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	1,627	0.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	21	1,456	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	15	1,414	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	1,261	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	8	1,047	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	7	1,037	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	1,016	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	1,012	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	12	933	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	10	886	0.2
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	706	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	579	0.1
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	453	0.1
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	305	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	269	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	268	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	263	0.0
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	5	263	0.0
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	250	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	230	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	220	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	192	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	176	0.0
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	171	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	134	0.0
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	106	0.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	79	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	78	0.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	49	0.0
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	37	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	25	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	18	0.0
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	12	0.0
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	10	0.0
(Original) Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	0	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	12	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Churches of Christ in Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	---	---
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America	Black Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	7	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Maranatha Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	115	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
United Catholic Church, Inc.	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	9,634	2,905,619

The population of Tennessee was 5,689,283 in 2000; in 1990 it was 4,877,185. The total population changed 16.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,905,619) included 51.1% of the total population in 2000.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.