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Spartanburg 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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 170 80,776 246.27
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 64 23,030 70.21
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 2 14,064 42.88
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 57 12,887 39.29
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 14 6,030 18.38
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 13 3,979 12.13
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 13 3,240 9.88
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 17 3,137 9.56
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 8 2,960 9.02
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 4 2,256 6.88
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 6 2,008 6.12
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 5 1,454 4.43
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,195 3.64
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 10 1,195 3.64
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 7 1,186 3.62
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6 1,064 3.24
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 7 1,050 3.20
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 8 959 2.92
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 11 891 2.72
Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism Buddhism Family 2 821 2.50
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 4 722 2.20
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 526 1.60
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 427 1.30
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 322 0.98
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 314 0.96
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 302 0.92
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 266 0.81
United House of Prayer Black Protestant 2 252 0.77
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 230 0.70
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 2 209 0.64
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 180 0.55
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 170 0.52
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 160 0.49
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 2 150 0.46
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 126 0.38
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 126 0.38
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 102 0.31
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 100 0.30
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 73 0.22
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 41 0.13
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 40 0.12
Friends General Conference Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 27 0.08
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Evangel Presbytery Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Congregational Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
American Sikh Council Other Other Groups Family 1
Diocese of the Holy Cross Mainline Protestant 1
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 327,997 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (169,047) included 51.5% 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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