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Florence, AL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

68,371 14,385   3,174 632 56,388
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
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 5 691 4.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 533 3.7
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.2
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 29 0.2
Catholic Church Catholic 3 3,174 22.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 407 2.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 104 0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 735 5.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 578 4.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 693 4.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 98 18,603 130.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 12 1,183 8.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 824 5.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 145 1.0
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 3 154 1.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 800 5.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 2.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.3
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 243 1.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 289 2.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 9 1,278 8.9
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA Evangelical Protestant 5 428 3.0
Old Missionary Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 2 428 3.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 1,019 7.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 444 3.1
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 3 n.a. n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 177 1.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 197 1.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 75 41,223 288.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 25 0.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 45 11,747 82.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 305 86,562  
Total (Adjusted)**:   104,653  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 131,327; in 2000 it was 142,950. The total population changed 8.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (86,562) include 60.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (104,653) include 73.2% 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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