Most Popular Religious Groups in Berkeley County

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Freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right in the United States provided in the First Amendment. When compared to other countries around the world, however, the U.S. is not particularly religiously diverse.

About 70% of Americans identify as Christian—including all branches and denominations—and nearly 25% are religiously unaffiliated. The greatest religious diversity is split among the remaining 5% of the population. The growing number of people in the U.S. who identify as religiously unaffiliated can be attributed to people, particularly white people, disaffiliating from Christianity.

A 2022 Pew Research model based on historical religion-switching trends predicts that the share of the population identifying as either Christian or unaffiliated will be closer to 50/50 by 2070. If current trends accelerate, Christians could represent less than half of the country’s population.

Stacker investigated the most popular religious groups in Berkeley County, SC using data from the U.S. Religion Census. Data was collected in 2020. Religions are ranked by the percentage of adherents compared to the total religious adherents in the county. Ties are broken by the total number of adherents.

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#20. National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.4%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 360
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 2

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#19. Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.5%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 370
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 5

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#18. Presbyterian Church in America

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.5%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 394
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 3

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#17. Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.6%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 490
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 3

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#16. Church of the Nazarene

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.6%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 499
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 4

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#15. Wesleyan Church

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.6%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 501
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 4

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#14. Church of God in Christ

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.6%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 516
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 3

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#13. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.7%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 584
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 3

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#12. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 0.8%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 643
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 2

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#11. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 1.1%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 892
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 4

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#10. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 1.2%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 999
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 7

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#9. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 1.4%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 1,122
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 7

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#8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 1.6%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 1,334
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 2

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#7. Jehovah’s Witnesses

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 2.1%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 1,744
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 6

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#6. African Methodist Episcopal Church

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 6.4%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 5,264
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 22

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#5. United Methodist Church

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 7.1%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 5,856
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 28

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#4. Assemblies of God

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 7.4%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 6,150
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 5

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#3. Southern Baptist Convention

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 12.5%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 10,366
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 44

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#2. Non-denominational Christian churches

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 21.4%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 17,720
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 40

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#1. Catholic Church

– Percent of total religious adherents in Berkeley County: 30.0%
– Number of adherents in Berkeley County: 24,850
– Number of congregations in Berkeley County: 5