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Group	Where	Number of Adherents	% of total pop.	Number of congreg./ churches/ units	Number of countries	Year	Source	Quote/ Notes
Neo-Paganism	North Carolina	3,400	-	-	-	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).; North Carolina %: 1.7
Nonreligious	North Carolina	-	4.80%	-	-	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.
Old Order Amish Church	North Carolina	-	-	-	-	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	North Carolina	150	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	North Carolina	-	-	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	North Carolina	25	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': 20. [Listed as 'Old Regular Baptists.']
Orthodox (Eastern Christian)	North Carolina	-	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.
Orthodox Church in America	North Carolina	-	-	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 'Orthodox Church in America.']
Pentecostal	North Carolina	-	2.10%	-	-	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.
Pentecostal Church of God	North Carolina	327	0.00%	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': 180. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Church of God.']
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church	North Carolina	15,000	-	133 units	-	1990	Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990), pg. 192.	"There are 15,000 members in 133 churches in eastern North Carolina. Mission work is carried on in nine foreign countries; Bible institutes are operated in Mexico, the Philippines, and Venezuela. "
Pentecostal Holiness Church	North Carolina	39,125	0.59%	303 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': 31,376. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc..']
People's Methodist Church	North Carolina	-	-	-	-	1991	Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 192. Section: Pietist-Methodist Family: Non-Episcopal Methodism.	"The People's Methodist Church was formed in North Carolina by members of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, who did not wish to join the Methodist merger of 1939. (That merger united the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Protestant Methodist Church.)... Membership: Not reported. Educational facilities: John Wesley Bible School, Greensboro, NC. "
Plymouth Brethren	North Carolina	4,877	0.07%	32 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: 2,873. [Listed as 'Christian (Plymouth) Brethren.']
Presbyterian	North Carolina	-	28.50%	47 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. = 165.
Presbyterian	North Carolina	-	2.57%	47 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. = 165. Denominational % (28.5%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 9%.
Presbyterian	North Carolina	-	3.10%	-	-	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	North Carolina	-	3.60%	-	-	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, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	North Carolina	205,548	3.10%	743 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': 166,707. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).']
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	North Carolina	165,681	2.30%	741 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.)	North Carolina	165,520	2.23%	741 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	North Carolina	11,922	0.18%	72 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': 9,764. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church in America.']
Primitive Baptist	North Carolina	3,508	0.05%	151 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': 2,854. [Listed as 'Primitive Baptists Associations.']
Protestant - no denomination supplied	North Carolina	-	8.00%	-	-	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.
Quaker	North Carolina	-	18.20%	30 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. = 165.
Quaker	North Carolina	-	1.64%	30 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. = 165. Denominational % (18.2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 9%.
Quaker	North Carolina	15,723	0.24%	106 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': 12,605. [Listed as 'Friends.']
Reformed Church in America	North Carolina	626	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': 361. [Listed as 'Reformed Church in America.']
Regular Baptists	North Carolina	3,961	0.06%	34 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': 3,321. [Listed as 'Regular Baptists.']
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	North Carolina	-	-	2 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (1998)	Counted listings in directory of parishes.
Salvation Army	North Carolina	3,924	0.06%	35 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': 3,685. [Listed as 'Salvation Army.']
Sandy Creek Baptists	North Carolina	-	-	-	-	1758	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. "
Scientology	North Carolina	-	-	1 unit	-	1991	LINK linked to Brett Achorn's OPPOSING VIEW web site "Hard Data on Scientology " (1998)	Organization count based on very detailed analysis of incorporations, creations, closures, etc.
Secotan	North Carolina	-	-	-	-	1650	Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995), pg. 16.	"Secotan... Language: Algonquian. They inhabited the coast of North Carolina between the Albermarle and Pamlico Bays... Their life was described by John White, who accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh. Like their neighbors, the Powhatan, they were overwhelmed by the European colonists in the seventeenth century. The Machapunga, Pamlico, and Hattera, who lived in the region afterward, appear to have been descendants of the Secotan. "
Seventh-day Adventist	North Carolina	19,522	0.29%	99 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': 15,954. [Listed as 'Seventh-Day Adventists.']
Seventh-day Adventist	North Carolina	-	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.
Skinheads	North Carolina	-	-	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 " Skinhead groups.
Southern Baptist Convention	North Carolina	1,446,228	21.82%	3,527 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': 1,176,617.
Southern Baptist Convention - congregations or leaders leaving the SBC	North Carolina	-	-	-	-	1999	LINK Stack, Peggy Fletcher ( "compiler "). "World View... ", subhead: "Baptist Church Breaks Away " in Salt Lake Tribune (March 20, 1999), viewed online 21 March 1999. [Orig. source: Associated Press]	"A Baptist congregation in North Carolina has decided to sever ties with the Southern Baptist Convention after years of unhappiness over the denomination's increasingly conservative policies. In a letter sent to the convention, leaders of Wake Forest Baptist Church in Winston-Salem said they were unhappy over the church's stand on women in ministry, targeting Jews and Mormons for evangelism, a literal [inerrant] interpretation of the Bible... "
Southern Baptist Convention - moderates	North Carolina	-	-	-	-	1999	LINK Stack, Peggy Fletcher ( "compiler "). "World View... ", subhead: "Baptist Church Breaks Away " in Salt Lake Tribune (March 20, 1999), viewed online 21 March 1999. [Orig. source: Associated Press]	"A Baptist congregation in North Carolina has decided to sever ties with the Southern Baptist Convention after years of unhappiness over the denomination's increasingly conservative policies. In a letter sent to the convention, leaders of Wake Forest Baptist Church in Winston-Salem said they were unhappy over the church's stand on women in ministry, targeting Jews and Mormons for evangelism, a literal interpretation of the Bible and isolation of congregations that reach out to gays and lesbians. "
Theosophical Society	North Carolina	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site: "Theosophical Society "	official organization directory
True Grace Memorial House of Prayer	North Carolina	-	-	1 unit	-	1975	Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 277.	"In the 1970s there were eight congregations which could be found in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, NYC, Baltimore, Savannah, [Hollywood], Florida and in North Carolina. "
Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist	North Carolina	3,717	0.06%	19 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': 2,747. [Listed as 'Unitarian Universalist Association.']
Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist	North Carolina	-	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.
United Church of Christ	North Carolina	53,322	0.80%	243 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': 43,550. [Listed as 'United Church of Christ.']
United Church of God	North Carolina	-	-	6 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site	Counted the churches in their listing.
United Methodist Church	North Carolina	605,362	9.13%	1,983 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': 491,742. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.']
Unity Church	North Carolina	-	-	17 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (viewed 1998)	Counted the churches in their directory.
Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of	North Carolina	-	-	3 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web site (1998)	directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book "
Wake Forest Baptist Church	North Carolina	-	-	1 unit	-	1999	LINK Stack, Peggy Fletcher ( "compiler "). "World View... ", subhead: "Baptist Church Breaks Away " in Salt Lake Tribune (March 20, 1999), viewed online 21 March 1999. [Orig. source: Associated Press]	"A Baptist congregation in North Carolina has decided to sever ties with the Southern Baptist Convention after years of unhappiness over the denomination's increasingly conservative policies. In a letter sent to the convention, leaders of Wake Forest Baptist Church in Winston-Salem said they were unhappy over the church's stand on women in ministry, targeting Jews and Mormons for evangelism, a literal [inerrant] interpretation of the Bible... "
Wesleyan Church	North Carolina	22,866	0.34%	157 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': 15,417. [Listed as 'The Wesleyan Church.']
white supremacist groups	North Carolina	-	-	12 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	North Carolina	-	-	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	North Carolina	480	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': 338. [Listed as 'Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.']
Baptist	North Carolina - whites	-	3.57%	42 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. = 165. Denominational % (25.5%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Episcopal Church	North Carolina - whites	-	2.03%	24 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. = 165. Denominational % (14.5%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
German Reformed	North Carolina - whites	-	1.01%	12 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. = 165. Denominational % (7.2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Lutheran	North Carolina - whites	-	0.25%	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. = 165. Denominational % (1.8%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Methodist	North Carolina - whites	-	0.17%	2 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. = 165. Denominational % (1.2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Moravian	North Carolina - whites	-	0.42%	5 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. = 165. Denominational % (3%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Presbyterian	North Carolina - whites	-	3.99%	47 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. = 165. Denominational % (28.5%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Quaker	North Carolina - whites	-	2.55%	30 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. = 165. Denominational % (18.2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.]
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	North Carolina: Apex	200	1.25%	-	-	1999	LINK Shimron, Yonat. "Mormons choose Apex for site of their North Carolina temple " in The News-Observer, 30 January 1999. (Viewed online 1 Feb. 1999).	"The town [Apex, North Carolina], which has grown from 4,900 residents in 1990 to 16,400 last year... There are already an estimated 150 to 200 Mormons living in Apex and two or three new families move in each month, said Bruce Nay, the bishop of the Apex ward... "
Advent Christian Church	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	6 units	-	1998	LINK web site (viewed Dec.1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"...in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
African Methodist Episcopal Church	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	6 units	-	1998	LINK web site (viewed 1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	2 units	-	1998	LINK web site (viewed 1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Apostolic	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site (viewed 1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Assemblies of God	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site (viewed 1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Baptist - independent	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	10 units	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Baptist Missionary Association of America	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]; This item listed as "Baptist (Missionary) "
Catholic	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	3 units	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Charismatic Word	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Christian Science	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]
Christianity - nondenominational	North Carolina: New Hanover County	-	-	18 units	-	1998	LINK web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998	"in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations]; [17 churches listed in "Christian (nondenominational) " category, and 1 church listed in "Interdenominational " category.]

North Carolina: New Hanover County, continued

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