Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Danville, VA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	24,706	(1)		24,806	(1)		62	60
United Methodist Church, The	9,012	(2)		10,467	(2)		37	39
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	4,880	(3)		700	(12)		4	1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	1,698	(4)		1,558	(6)		12	12
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	1,620	(5)		1,325	(7)		4	4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1,528	(6)		2,555	(4)		10	11
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,485	(7)		2,169	(5)		11	13
Catholic Church, The	1,326	(8)		1,280	(8)		2	2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	892	(9)		835	(10)		7	7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	556	(10)		503	(13)		2	2
Episcopal Church	530	(11)		772	(11)		6	6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	413	(12)		330	(18)		2	2
Church of the Brethren	392	(13)		384	(15)		3	3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	359	(14)		488	(14)		1	1
Church of God of Prophecy	296	(15)		203	(20)		6	4

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		110,156
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		47.0%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	30	(30 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	51,806	(60,622 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	189	(195 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Pittsylvania County, VA; Danville city, VA
	The newly published book Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000 includes a CD that allows users to determine such lists for any selected group of counties.
Source:	Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000 Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990
	Both studies, copyrighted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, are published by the Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, Tenn. More information is available at www.glenmary.org/grc.