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Dorchester County, South 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
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 2 17,484 108.23
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 30 14,073 87.12
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 27 10,744 66.51
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 31 10,155 62.86
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 11 2,694 16.68
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 4 2,256 13.97
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 6 1,686 10.44
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 1,021 6.32
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 2 960 5.94
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 4 884 5.47
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 720 4.46
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 3 712 4.41
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 3 572 3.54
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 500 3.10
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 5 383 2.37
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 322 1.99
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 320 1.98
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 303 1.88
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 268 1.66
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 3 229 1.42
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 208 1.29
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 207 1.28
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 180 1.11
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 180 1.11
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 120 0.74
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 120 0.74
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 98 0.61
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, Inc. Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 80 0.50
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 59 0.37
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 41 0.25
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 5 0.03
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 0 0.00
The Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
New Apostolic Church USA Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Southern Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 4
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3
Orthodox Anglican Church Mainline Protestant 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 161,540 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (67,584) included 41.8% 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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