Group |
Where |
Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year |
Source |
Quote/ Notes |
Ketockton Baptist Association |
Virginia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1766 |
Armstrong, O.K. & Marjorie Armstrong. The Baptists in America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1979) [revised 2nd edition; originally published in 1967 under the title The Indomitable Baptists], pg. 96. |
"By 1762, the Philadelphia Baptist Association had grown to 29 churches with more than 4,000 members... Following the pattern set by this first co-operating group of Baptist churches, other groups formed themselves into associations for united efforts and mutual benefit. The second such association was made by congregations of the Charleston, South Carolina, area, grouping about the Old First Baptist Church. Next came the Sandy Creek Baptists in North Carolina in 1758 and Ketockton Baptist Association in Virginia in 1766. " |
Ku Klux Klan |
Virginia |
- |
- |
5 units |
- |
1992 |
Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch] |
Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " Klan groups. |
Latter Day Saints |
Virginia |
- |
0.70% |
- |
- |
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. |
Lutheran |
Virginia |
- |
1.80% |
9 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. |
Lutheran |
Virginia |
- |
0.22% |
9 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (1.8%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
Lutheran |
Virginia |
82,892 |
1.34% |
247 units |
- |
1990 |
Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. |
By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. This "Lutheran " figure is an aggregate from organizational adherent statistics from the 12 major American Lutheran religious bodies. |
Lutheran |
Virginia |
- |
2.30% |
- |
- |
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. |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod |
Virginia |
17,413 |
0.28% |
45 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': 13,114. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
megachurches |
Virginia |
13,750 |
- |
5 units |
- |
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, grouped by state, columns for city, state, "size " (avg. weekly attendance), etc. From study finding all U.S. megachurches (congreg. w/ "consistent weekly attendance of at least 2,000 persons "). |
Meher Baba |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1972 |
Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972), pg. 226. |
"Meher Baba Centers have been established in a number of American cities, 4 in California, 3 in New York, 2 in Florida, 1 in Virginia. Perhaps the best known and most active of the centers is that at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina... " |
Mennonite |
Virginia |
- |
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. |
Mennonite Church |
Virginia |
9,176 |
0.15% |
79 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': 6,496. [Listed as 'Mennonite Church.'] |
Methodist |
Virginia |
- |
2.00% |
10 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. |
Methodist |
Virginia |
- |
0.24% |
10 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
Methodist |
Virginia |
- |
14.30% |
- |
- |
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. " |
Methodist |
Virginia |
- |
13.10% |
- |
- |
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. |
Moravian Church in America, Southern Province |
Virginia |
356 |
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': 274. [Listed as 'Moravian Church in Amer (Unitas Fratrum) So Prov.'] |
Native Americans |
Virginia |
15,282 |
0.20% |
- |
- |
1990 |
Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 18-19. |
Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
Nazism |
Virginia |
- |
- |
2 units |
- |
1992 |
Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch] |
Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " Neo-Nazi groups. |
Neo-Paganism |
Virginia |
1,000 |
- |
- |
- |
1992 |
Berger, Helen A. A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press (1999), pg. 9-10. |
Table: "Distribution of Neo-Pagans Participating in Neo-Pagan Census in U.S. "; Cols: State; Number [of Census participants]; % [of particpants]; Pg. xvi: "[Received] more than 2,000 responses... survey was distributed through Wiccan & Neo-Pagan organizations..., published in journals.. Internet [&] at festivals. [unable] to guarantee that the survey was randomly distributed. "; Pg. 10: "...actual % by state are at best an approximation. "; Raw number presented here based on state % from this table, as a portion of estimated 200,000 [1992] U.S. total (pg. 9).; Virginia %: 0.5 |
New Kadampa Tradition |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1999 |
*LINK* official organization web site; web page: "Directory of NKT Centers for Asia, Australasia and America " (viewed 23 Jan. 1999). |
counted listings on directory. |
Nonreligious |
Virginia |
- |
6.40% |
- |
- |
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. |
Old Order Amish Church |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1974 |
Nolt, Steven M. A History of the Amish, Good Books: Intercourse, PA (1992), pg. 280. |
Table: "The Old Order Amish, Number of Church Districts, 1974 and 1991 "; NOTE: In older, established Amish communities, each church district 125-174 people (adults & children). Newer, smaller settlements often fewer than 100 people. |
Old Order Amish Church |
Virginia |
18 |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1979 |
Hostetler, John A. Amish Society (3rd ed.; 1st ed. pub. 1963). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1980), pg. 100. [Original sources: The New American Almanac, 1979 (Baltic, Ohio); Amish directories; and correspondence with Amish informants.] |
Table 2: "Location and characteristics of the Old Order Amish by state and province "; Columns: Location; Estimated population; Number of districts [i.e., congregation]; Number of settlements. "Estimates are based on mean district size within each settlement. " |
Old Order Amish Church |
Virginia |
50 |
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. [Listed as 'Old Order Amish Church.'] |
Old Order Amish Church |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1991 |
Nolt, Steven M. A History of the Amish, Good Books: Intercourse, PA (1992), pg. 280. |
Table: "The Old Order Amish, Number of Church Districts, 1974 and 1991 "; NOTE: In older, established Amish communities, each church district 125-174 people (adults & children). Newer, smaller settlements often fewer than 100 people. |
Old Regular Baptists |
Virginia |
2,378 |
0.04% |
46 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': 1,903. [Listed as 'Old Regular Baptists.'] |
Open Bible Standard Churches |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1990 |
Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. |
By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc..'] |
Orthodox (Eastern Christian) |
Virginia |
- |
0.20% |
- |
- |
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. |
Orthodox Church in America |
Virginia |
- |
- |
7 units |
- |
1990 |
Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. |
By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Orthodox Church in America.'] |
other |
Virginia |
- |
0.60% |
3 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". |
other |
Virginia |
- |
0.07% |
3 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (0.6%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
Pentecostal |
Virginia |
- |
2.00% |
- |
- |
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. |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Virginia |
695 |
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': 288. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Church of God.'] |
Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Virginia |
19,041 |
0.31% |
171 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': 15,647. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc..'] |
Plymouth Brethren |
Virginia |
1,849 |
0.03% |
21 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. More exclusive 'members' column: 1,157. [Listed as 'Christian (Plymouth) Brethren.'] |
Powhatan |
Virginia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995), pg. 17. |
"Powhatan... They inhabited the coast of Virginia and Maryland... Some descendants live in Virginia today. " |
Presbyterian |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1611 |
Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959), pg. 163. |
"The first established [Presbyterian] church was in Virginia. It resulted from the appointment of the Reverend Alexander Whitaker as pastor in 1611. " |
Presbyterian |
Virginia |
- |
22.00% |
108 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. |
Presbyterian |
Virginia |
- |
2.64% |
108 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (22%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
Presbyterian |
Virginia |
- |
3.20% |
- |
- |
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. " |
Presbyterian |
Virginia |
- |
4.10% |
- |
- |
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. |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Virginia |
138,554 |
2.24% |
512 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': 112,937. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).'] |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Virginia |
111,961 |
1.69% |
518 units |
- |
1995 |
*LINK* official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census] |
Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1995 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations " |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Virginia |
111,473 |
1.66% |
519 units |
- |
1997 |
*LINK* official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census] |
Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1997 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations " |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Virginia |
12,548 |
0.20% |
69 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': 10,119. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church in America.'] |
Primitive Baptist |
Virginia |
5,582 |
0.09% |
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': 4,561. [Listed as 'Primitive Baptists Associations.'] |
Protestant - no denomination supplied |
Virginia |
- |
9.80% |
- |
- |
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. |
Quaker |
Virginia |
- |
7.10% |
35 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. |
Quaker |
Virginia |
- |
0.85% |
35 units |
- |
1776 |
Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997), pg. 277-281. |
Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (7.1%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
Quaker |
Virginia |
3,116 |
0.05% |
39 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': 2,192. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
Redeemed Assembly of Jesus Christ, Apostolic |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1980 |
Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 268. Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: Apostolic Pentecostals. |
"In 1980 the Church had six congregations, one in Richmond, Virginia, one in New York City, and four in the Washington, D.C. area. " |
Reformed Episcopal Church |
Virginia |
80 |
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': 56. [Listed as 'Reformed Episcopal Church.'] |
Regular Baptists |
Virginia |
324 |
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': 271. [Listed as 'Regular Baptists.'] |
Rock Church |
Virginia |
2,000 |
- |
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 Virginia Beach, Virginia; pastor Gimenez. |
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Virginia |
- |
- |
2 units |
- |
1990 |
Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. |
By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America.'] |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Virginia |
- |
- |
2 units |
- |
1998 |
*LINK* official organization web site (1998) |
Counted listings in directory of parishes. |
Salvation Army |
Virginia |
4,175 |
0.07% |
26 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': 3,894. [Listed as 'Salvation Army.'] |
Seventh-day Adventist |
Virginia |
14,828 |
0.24% |
91 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': 12,034. [Listed as 'Seventh-Day Adventists.'] |
Seventh-day Adventist |
Virginia |
- |
0.40% |
- |
- |
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. |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Virginia |
742,860 |
12.01% |
1,515 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': 599,996. |
Theosophical Society |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1998 |
*LINK* web site: "Theosophical Society " |
official organization directory |
Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist |
Virginia |
6,119 |
0.10% |
22 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': 4,214. [Listed as 'Unitarian Universalist Association.'] |
Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist |
Virginia |
- |
0.20% |
- |
- |
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. |
United Brethren in Christ |
Virginia |
676 |
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': 676. [Listed as 'United Brethren in Christ.'] |
United Church of Christ |
Virginia |
25,269 |
0.41% |
112 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': 20,263. [Listed as 'United Church of Christ.'] |
United Church of God |
Virginia |
- |
- |
2 units |
- |
1998 |
*LINK* official organization web site |
Counted the churches in their listing. |
United Methodist Church |
Virginia |
490,789 |
7.93% |
1,626 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': 398,191. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
Unity Church |
Virginia |
- |
- |
16 units |
- |
1998 |
*LINK* official organization web site (viewed 1998) |
Counted the churches in their directory. |
Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of |
Virginia |
- |
- |
8 units |
- |
1997 |
*LINK* official organization web site (1998) |
directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book " |
Wesleyan Church |
Virginia |
12,476 |
0.20% |
66 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': 5,236. [Listed as 'The Wesleyan Church.'] |
white supremacist groups |
Virginia |
- |
- |
8 units |
- |
1992 |
Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch] |
Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " Klan, Nazi, Skinheads and/or Other. |
white supremacist groups - other |
Virginia |
- |
- |
1 unit |
- |
1992 |
Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994), pg. 30. [Source: Klanwatch] |
Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 "; 'Other' (Not Klan, Skinhead or Nazi) |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Virginia |
925 |
0.01% |
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': 674. [Listed as 'Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.'] |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Virginia - Southern Virginia College |
297 |
99.00% |
- |
- |
2000 |
*LINK* "Southern Virginia College adds land " in Deseret News, 13 Mar 2000. |
Southern Virginia College, a relatively new private institution targeting Mormons, is suddenly 55 percent larger--at least in land area. The college in the Shenandoah Valley grew from 90 acres to 140 acres through a land donation recently from Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley of Salt Lake City. That will allow the college, which was nearing enrollment capacity, to expand... Brent Beesley... donated 49.5 acres that are adjacent to the college and along a major highway. While not owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the private college requires students to live by an honor code and standards in harmony with the church. Also, 99 percent of its students are LDS... "Since 1996 when SVC became a four-year college with an LDS emphasis, our student body has jumped from 76 students to more than 300 at the start of this year, " said SVC President E. Curtis Fawson. |