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Cumberland County, North Carolina - County Membership Report (2020)

Exact definitions of "congregations" and "adherents" vary by religious body. Congregations may be parishes, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, or another site where a religious body has regularly scheduled worship services. Adherents generally are members, children who are not members, and others who are not members but are considered participants in the congregation.

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Religious Bodies Tradition Family Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 118 87,764 262.19
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 84 27,142 81.09
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 7 21,285 63.59
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 28 11,492 34.33
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 21 8,990 26.86
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 23 8,019 23.96
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 10 5,350 15.98
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 5,271 15.75
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 18 3,561 10.64
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 24 3,508 10.48
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 3,200 9.56
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 12 2,746 8.20
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 12 2,612 7.80
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 4 2,413 7.21
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 9 1,918 5.73
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 5 1,527 4.56
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 1,300 3.88
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 3 1,275 3.81
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 5 800 2.39
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 750 2.24
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 740 2.21
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Black Protestant Baptist Family 4 720 2.15
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 650 1.94
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 600 1.79
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 563 1.68
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 381 1.14
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 360 1.08
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 10 261 0.78
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 225 0.67
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 215 0.64
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 208 0.62
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 154 0.46
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 144 0.43
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 131 0.39
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 112 0.33
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 3 109 0.33
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 104 0.31
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 101 0.30
United Holy Church of America Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 83 0.25
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 72 0.22
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 40 0.12
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 15 0.04
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 12 0.04
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 5
Grace Communion International Evangelical Protestant 1
Anglican Catholic Church Other Christians Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 334,728 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (206,923) included 61.8% of the total population in 2020. The adherence rate is the number of adherents of a given group per 1,000 people in the general population.

Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.

The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155.

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