Worship by the numbers

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Here are the largest congregations of 15 religious bodies in Hamilton County:

CHURCHES BY DENOMINATION

Assemblies of God - Calvary, 150 members (2010).

Church of Christ - East Brainerd, 933 members (2009).

Church of God - City Church, 1,128 members (2010).

Church of God of Prophecy - Hickory Valley Fellowship, 167 members (2010).

Church of the Nazarene - Grace, 287 members (2010).

Cumberland Presbyterian - First, 602 members (2010).

Episcopal - St. Paul's, 1,927 members (2010).

Presbyterian (Church in America) - First, 1,359 members (2010).

Presbyterian (USA) - Rivermont, 545 members (2009).

Roman Catholic - OLPH, 3,528 members (2010).

Southern Baptist - Abba's House, 6,710 members (2010).

United Methodist - Christ, 3,938 members (2010).

JEWISH SYNAGOGUES

Mizpah Congregation - 230 families (2011).

B'nai Zion Congregation - 189 families (2011).

Beth Sholom Congregation - 28 families (2011).

Source: Most recent numbers available. "Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000." Individual denominations and congregations.