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Forsyth 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 88 84,780 221.59
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 6 44,916 117.40
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 60 34,940 91.32
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 69 27,537 71.98
Moravian Church in America (Unitas Fratrum), Southern Province Mainline Protestant 29 10,104 26.41
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 19 8,920 23.31
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 10 5,938 15.52
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 8 5,918 15.47
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 5 4,470 11.68
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 16 4,304 11.25
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 6 4,220 11.03
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 7 3,975 10.39
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 3 3,756 9.82
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 7 3,281 8.58
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 6 3,210 8.39
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 11 2,748 7.18
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 12 2,561 6.69
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 9 2,266 5.92
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 5 1,803 4.71
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 7 1,506 3.94
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 5 1,306 3.41
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 1,273 3.33
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 4 980 2.56
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 3 767 2.00
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 517 1.35
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 4 509 1.33
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 502 1.31
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 392 1.02
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 371 0.97
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 330 0.86
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 310 0.81
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2 294 0.77
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 8 282 0.74
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 270 0.71
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 240 0.63
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 226 0.59
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 220 0.58
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 189 0.49
United House of Prayer Black Protestant 1 180 0.47
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 165 0.43
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 140 0.37
Friends United Meeting Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 3 136 0.36
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 2 132 0.35
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 130 0.34
United Holy Church of America Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 101 0.26
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 72 0.19
Friends General Conference Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 30 0.08
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant Other Groups Family 1 23 0.06
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 0 0.00
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 0 0.00
Free Presbyterian Church of North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Church of God Apostolic, Inc. Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
North American Lutheran Church Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 5
Alliance of Baptists Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3
Chabad Judaism Judaism 1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 382,590 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (271,240) included 70.9% 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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