Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Denominational Groups, 2000
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Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+596 |
1104.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+1,735 |
708.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+133 |
134.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+375 |
75.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+245 |
52.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+170 |
50.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+283 |
47.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
+144 |
42.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
36.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
21.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+104 |
9.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+65 |
9.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+6 |
0.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-120 |
-14.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-6 |
-11,370 |
-15.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,258 |
-22.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-59 |
-22.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,478 |
-25.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-115 |
-31.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-152 |
-39.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-7,201 |
-42.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-78 |
-42.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-959 |
-48.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-70 |
-53.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,019 |
-60.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+81 |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+40 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+351 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+185 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,500 |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+416 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
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| -20,414 |
-15.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 204,441; in 2000 it was 181,412. The total population changed -2.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (130,200) represent 63.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (112,857) include 62.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 31 groups had 129,656 adherents in 1980 and 109,242 adherents in 2000, for a change of -15.7%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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