# of Congregations 2000 Population # of Congregations per 100,000 VA 7,736 7104587 108.89 Pittsylvania 125 61785 202.31 Danville City 64 48240 132.67 Caswell 47 23,550 199.58 # of Congregations per 100,000 250.00 202.31 199.58 200.00 132.67 150.00 108.89 100.00 # of Congregations per 100,000 50.00 0.00 VA Pittsylvania Danville City Caswell *The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African‐ http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/sta American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African‐American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious group and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection] **The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African‐American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christo Danville Danville Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 200 Catholic Church Catholic 1 1,135 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 219 Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 221 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 4 1,620 Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 100 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐day Saints, The Other Theology 1 371 Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 165 Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 107 Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 203 Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 231 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 159 Independent, Non‐Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 1,430 International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 213 International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 149 Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 125 Lutheran Church‐‐Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 148 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 190 Primitive Baptist Churches‐‐Old Line Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. Seventh‐day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 413 Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 21 10,887 United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 9 4,527 Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 192 Totals (Unadjusted)*: 64 22,805 Total (Adjusted)**: 37,027 The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was ; in 2000 it was 48,411. The total population changed %. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (22,805) include 47.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (37,027) include 76.5% of the population. http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/51590_2000.asp Pittsylvania Pittsylvania Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 142 Bahá'í Other Theology 01 Catholic Church Catholic 1 191 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 673 Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 1,307 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 4 196 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐dayy Saints,, The Other Theologygy 1 185 Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 227 Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant n.a. n.a. Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 530 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 359 Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant n.a. n.a. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox n.a. n.a. Independent, Non‐Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 3,450 International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 11 1,649 Jewish Estimate Other Theology n.a. n.a. Lutheran Church‐‐Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA Evangelical Protestant 1 223 Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 167 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 1,395 Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 202 Seventh‐day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 41 13,819 Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 28 4,485 Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. TlTotals (U(Unadjusted) dj d)*: 125 29,00129 001 Total (Adjusted)**: 38,534 The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 108,711; in 2000 it was 61,745. The total population changed ‐43.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (29,001) include 47.0% of the total population in 2000. Theadjusted total adherents (38,534) in Caswell Caswell Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Amish; Other Groups Evangelical Protestant 174 Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 281 Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant n.a. n.a. Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 115 International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 139 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 7 376 Primitive Baptist Churches‐‐Old Line Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 14 3,246 United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 362 United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 17 2,079 Totals (Unadjusted)*: 47 6,572 Total (Adjusted)**: 9,863 The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 20,693; in 2000 it was 23,501. The total population changed 13.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (6,572) include 28.0% of the total population in 2000. Theadjusted total adherents (9,863) includ Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 318 American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 7 684 American BaBaptistptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 98 5757,233,233 American Carpatho‐Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church Orthodox 1 207 Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 156 Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) Evangelical Protestant 148 Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 400 Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 196 45,035 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 9 1,870 Bahá'í Other Theology 37 3,778 Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 387 Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 218 Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 8 681 Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 8 966 Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 8 429 Buddhism Other Theology 29 n.a. Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 10 n.a. Catholic Church Catholic 233 606,059 Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 30 3,050 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 170 40,030 Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 220 49,566 Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 2 343 Church of God ((AndersonAnderson, IndianaIndiana)) EvanEvangelicalgelical Protestant 57 4,4,229797 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 177 33,854 Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 137 Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 118 5,870 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐day Saints, The Other Theology 150 53,308 Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 175 31,421 Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 81 14,648 Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 162 16,375 Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 562 Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 3 299 Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 130 Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 653 Conservative Mennonite Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 107 Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 359 126,874 Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 183 Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 10 1,887 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 196 65,798 Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 13 3,368 Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 234 Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 38 4,636 General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 8 1,084 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 12 7,944 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis Orthodox 1 1,400 Hindu Other Theology 10 n.a. Holy Orthodox Church in North