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Roanoke County, Virginia - 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 19 10,056 103.75
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 24 8,633 89.07
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1 6,661 68.72
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 10 5,969 61.58
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 10 1,173 12.10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 1,066 11.00
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 900 9.29
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 616 6.36
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 2 486 5.01
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 479 4.94
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 3 435 4.49
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 378 3.90
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 2 358 3.69
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 352 3.63
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 1 350 3.61
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 347 3.58
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 296 3.05
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 278 2.87
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 252 2.60
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 2 199 2.05
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 196 2.02
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 155 1.60
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 153 1.58
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 100 1.03
Syrian (Syriac) Orthodox Church of Antioch Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 85 0.88
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 50 0.52
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 38 0.39
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 1 35 0.36
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 1 0.01
Congregational Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 4
Sovereign Grace Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
North American Lutheran Church Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 3
Brethren in Christ Church Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 2
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 96,929 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (40,097) included 41.4% 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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