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Chesapeake city, 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 54 35,790 143.49
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 5 22,913 91.86
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 42 21,050 84.40
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 15 10,912 43.75
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 4,260 17.08
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 9 1,905 7.64
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 9 1,610 6.45
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 6 1,396 5.60
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 5 1,260 5.05
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 1,224 4.91
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 1,148 4.60
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 5 936 3.75
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 2 800 3.21
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 766 3.07
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2 679 2.72
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 600 2.41
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 5 565 2.27
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 3 487 1.95
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 484 1.94
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 381 1.53
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 340 1.36
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 3 250 1.00
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 230 0.92
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 228 0.91
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 214 0.86
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 192 0.77
United Holy Church of America Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 173 0.69
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 172 0.69
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2 144 0.58
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2 118 0.47
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 107 0.43
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 104 0.42
United House of Prayer Black Protestant 1 100 0.40
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 80 0.32
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 42 0.17
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 41 0.16
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 24 0.10
Elim Fellowship Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1
American Sikh Council Other Other Groups Family 1
Church of God and Saints of Christ Other Christians Judaism Family 1
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4
Converge Worldwide Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
           

The population of this county was 249,422 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (111,725) included 44.8% 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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