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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Columbia, SC
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Church, Christian, or Religious Body
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Adherents (and rank)
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Congregations
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in 2000
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in 1990
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in 2000
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in 1990
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Southern Baptist Convention
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91,039
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(1)
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83,239
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(1)
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132
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123
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United Methodist Church, The
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38,669
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(2)
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36,772
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(3)
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64
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64
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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25,960
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(3)
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25,624
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(4)
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58
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59
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Catholic Church, The
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19,242
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(4)
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11,542
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(5)
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11
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12
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Presbyterian Church (USA)
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14,800
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(5)
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10,924
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(6)
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19
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18
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Episcopal Church
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9,396
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(6)
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9,233
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(7)
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16
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16
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Presbyterian Church in America
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6,024
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(7)
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4,855
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(8)
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11
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12
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Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, The General Synod of the
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4,348
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(8)
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3,791
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(9)
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10
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8
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Assemblies of God
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3,587
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(9)
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2,483
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(12)
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12
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14
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International Pentecostal Holiness Church
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2,915
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(10)
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1,758
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(17)
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17
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17
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Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
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2,830
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(11)
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1,846
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(16)
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18
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14
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The
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2,809
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(12)
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3,091
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(10)
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9
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8
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Jewish Estimate
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2,750
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(13)
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2,003
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(14)
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2
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3
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American Baptist Churches in the USA
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2,747
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(14)
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1,591
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(18)
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3
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3
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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2,577
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(15)
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1,252
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(20)
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7
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5
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