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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemblies of God | Tennessee | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) | Tennessee | 1,866 | 0.04% | 14 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,693. |
| Baptist | Tennessee | - | 11.20% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Baptist | Tennessee | - | 43.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Baptist - black denominations | Tennessee | 250,490 | 5.14% | - | - | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 199,698. [Listed as 'Black Baptists Estimate.'] |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Tennessee | 1,890 | 0.04% | 11 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,507. |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches | Tennessee | 0 | - | - | - | 1971 | Nolt, Steven M. A History of the Amish, Good Books: Intercourse, PA (1992), pg. 281. Original source: "Mennonite Yearbook 1972 " and "Mennonite Yearbook 1992 " | Table: "The Beachy Amish, Congregations and Membership, 1971 and 1991 " |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches | Tennessee | 447 | 0.01% | 5 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 363. [Listed as 'Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches.'] |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches | Tennessee | 416 | - | 6 units |
- | 1991 | Nolt, Steven M. A History of the Amish, Good Books: Intercourse, PA (1992), pg. 281. Original source: "Mennonite Yearbook 1972 " and "Mennonite Yearbook 1992 " | Table: "The Beachy Amish, Congregations and Membership, 1971 and 1991 " |
| Brethren in Christ | Tennessee | 193 | 0.00% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 181. [Listed as 'Brethren in Christ Church.'] |
| Brethren in Christ | Tennessee | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | Counted congregations from their index |
| Buddhism | Tennessee | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Calvary Chapel | Tennessee | - | - | 8 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official Calvary Chapel website (Jan. 2000) | directory |
| Catholic | Tennessee | 190,000 | 4.00% | - | - | 1989 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990), pg. 112-114. [Original sources: Official Catholic Directory, based on parish-level reporting, & U.S. 1989 Statistical Abstract] | Table: "Catholic Population by State "; [Greeley (author) has conduced a somewhat detailed analysis, adding some adjustments to account for statistically observed undercount, plus some other factors.] |
| Catholic | Tennessee | 137,203 | 2.81% | 142 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Catholic Church.'] |
| Catholic | Tennessee | - | 4.70% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Catholic | Tennessee | 156,523 | 3.00% | 135 units |
- | 1996 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 432-437. | Tables: "Catholic Population of the United States " and "Percentage of Catholics in Total Population in U.S. ". Figures are as of Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Central Baptist Association | Tennessee | 2,268 | 0.05% | 12 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,878. [Listed as 'Central Baptists.'] |
| Central Baptist Church | Tennessee | 3,670 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Hixson, Tenn.; pastor James Latimer. |
| Christ Church | Tennessee | 2,569 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Nashville, Tennessee; pastor: L.H. Hardwick. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance | Tennessee | 860 | 0.02% | 8 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 505. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Tennessee | 20,986 | 0.43% | 67 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 15,427. [Listed as 'Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).'] |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Tennessee | 31,979 | 0.66% | 161 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 26,318. [Listed as 'Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.'] |
| Christian Reformed Church | Tennessee | 123 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 75. [Listed as 'Christian Reformed Church.'] |
| Christian Science | Tennessee | - | - | 17 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Church of Christ Scientist.'] |
| Christianity | Tennessee | - | 90.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990... Self-identification of religious loyalty, using representative sample of 113,000 people in phone interviews. Sum of % by state of 21 main groups Kosmin classified as Christian: Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christianity - no denomination supplied, Church of God - all denominations, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Evangelical/Born Again, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, Holiness/Holy, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventists |
| Christianity - affiliated | Tennessee | 2,969,000 | 60.80% | - | - | 1990 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997), pg. 70. [Orig. source: M. Bradley, et al. Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990. Atlanta, GA: Glenmary Research Center (1992)] | Table: "No. 87: Christian Church Adherents, 1990 "; "Christian church adherents were defined as 'all members, including full members, their children and the est. number of other regular participants who are not considered as communicant, confirmed or full members.' " |
| Christianity - independent churches - charismatic | Tennessee | 12,925 | 0.27% | 21 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Independent Charismatic Churches.'] |
| Christianity - independent churches - non-charismatic | Tennessee | 71,627 | 1.47% | 43 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Independent Non-Charismatic Churches.'] |
| Christianity - no denomination supplied | Tennessee | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Tennessee | 6,188 | 0.13% | 73 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,472. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Tennessee | 48,721 | 1.00% | 346 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 39,584. |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) Denver, Col. | Tennessee | 108 | 0.00% | 6 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 82. |
| Church of God - all denominations | Tennessee | - | 1.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church of God General Conference, Abrahamic Faith | Tennessee | 12 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 10. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite | Tennessee | 65 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 54. |
| Church of God of Prophecy | Tennessee | 8,756 | 0.18% | 146 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,079. |
| Church of God of the Mountain Assembly | Tennessee | 881 | 0.02% | 21 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 715. [Listed as 'Church of God of The Mountain Assembly, Inc..'] |
| Church of God With Signs Following (Snake Handlers) | Tennessee | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1909 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 696-697. | "Snake Handling (Christian). The practice of snake handling first appeared in America in 1909 under the ministry of George Hensley of Grasshopper, Tennessee. A member of the Tennessee-based Church of God, Hensley took his teaching from a literal interpretation of Mark 16:17-18... " |
| Church of God With Signs Following (Snake Handlers) | Tennessee | - | - | - | - | 1909 | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "SNAKE HANDLERS: an exotic religious practice which emerged in Tennessee in 1909 where the text of Mark 16:17-18, which speaks about 'taking up serpents,' was literally interpreted as a SIGN of BELIEF. " |
| Church of God With Signs Following (Snake Handlers) | Tennessee | - | - | - | - | 1922 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 696-697. | "Snake Handling (Christian). The practice of snake handling first appeared in America in 1909 under the ministry of George Hensley of Grasshopper, Tennessee... member of the Tennessee-based Church of God... For a time the Church of God defended the practice, but by 1922 it disavowed snake handling, and Hensley organized his followers into the 'Church of God With Signs Following.' " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Tennessee | 15,635 | 0.32% | 53 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Tennessee | - | 0.38% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Based on self-identification, using 113,000-person sample, phone interviews conducted by City U. of New York. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Tennessee | 27,000 | 0.50% | 65 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Tennessee | 29,000 | 0.50% | 68 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 170-266. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Tennessee | 29,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Latter-day Saints start work on temple " in Review Appeal, March 20, 1999; (Franklin, Tenn. newspaper), viewed online 20 March 1999. | "Today, there are approximately 29,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tennessee. The church first came to Tennessee in fall 1834, organizing in Henry, Benton and Humphreys counties. " |
| Church of the Brethren | Tennessee | 1,418 | 0.03% | 20 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,175. [Listed as 'Church of The Brethren.'] |
| Church of the Nazarene | Tennessee | 23,392 | 0.48% | 165 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 17,284. |
| Church of the Nazarene | Tennessee | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Churches of Christ | Tennessee | 219,996 | 4.51% | 1,472 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 168,933. [Listed as 'Churches of Christ.'] |
| Churches of Christ | Tennessee | - | 5.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| clergy | Tennessee | - | 0.11% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 69. | Figure 3.4: "Clergy per 1,000 Population, 1850 " |
| Congregational Christian Churches, National Association of | Tennessee | 109 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 90. [Listed as 'Congregational Christian Churches, National Assoc Of.'] |
| Congregationalist | Tennessee | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Congregationalist | Tennessee | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Conversations With God | Tennessee | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* "Conversations With God by Neale Walsch " official web site; web page: "Study Groups in the United States, P-W " | counted from directory |
| Cumberland Methodist Church | Tennessee | 0 | - | - | - | 1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 189. Section: Pietist-Methodist Family: Non-Episcopal Methodism. | "Cumberland Methodist Church (Defunct); The Cumberland Methdodist Church withdrew from the Congregational Methodist Church in 1950 because of a disagreement on both polity and doctrine. It was organized at Laager, Grundy County, Tennessee, in the mountainous country near Chattanooga. Membership never reached beyond the several counties in southeastern Tennessee. Since its founder's death, no trace of the existence of the Cumberland Methodist Church has been found. " |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church | Tennessee | 38,684 | 0.79% | 289 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 36,233. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church | Tennessee | - | - | 278 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web page: 1998 Yearbook of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church | counted from directory: "Location Index of Churches " |
| Duck River (and Kindred) Associations of Baptists (Baptist Church of Christ) | Tennessee | 8,711 | 0.18% | 71 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,035. [Listed as 'Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations.'] |
| Episcopal Church | Tennessee | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Episcopal Church | Tennessee | 40,351 | 0.83% | 122 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 30,930. |
| Episcopalian | Tennessee | - | 1.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Evangelical Free Church | Tennessee | 449 | 0.01% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 164. [Listed as 'Evangelical Free Church of America.'] |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Tennessee | 16,085 | 0.33% | 51 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 12,448. [Listed as 'Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.'] |
| Evangelical Methodist Church | Tennessee | 282 | 0.01% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 226. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church | Tennessee | 4,754 | 0.10% | 7 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,621. |
| Evangelical/Born Again | Tennessee | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Farm, The | Tennessee | 300 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1991 | Melton, J. Gordon, Jerome Clark & Aidan A. Kelly. New Age Almanac; New York: Visible Ink Press (1991), pg. 399-400. | "The Farm has been one of the most successful communes to come into being during the 1960s [until recently]... reorganized in 1983...it's now more of a cooperative village than a commune. From a high of 1500 residents, the pop. has dropped to around 300. " |
| Free Methodist Church of North America | Tennessee | 512 | 0.01% | 11 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 285. [Listed as 'Free Methodist Church of North America.'] |
| Free Will Baptists, National Association of | Tennessee | 30,826 | 0.63% | 219 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 25,247. [Listed as 'Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc..'] |
| Grace Brethren | Tennessee | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed circa Sept. 1998) | directory of churches [Grace Brethren -- historical branch of Schwarzenau Brethren] |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America | Tennessee | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America.'] |
| Highland Park Baptist Church | Tennessee | 3,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Chattanooga, Tenn.; pastor David Bouler. |
| Hinduism | Tennessee | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
