Bucks 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-2 |
+65,546 |
33.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,700 |
685.2% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,368 |
228.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,186 |
9.3% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+269 |
175.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+186 |
35.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+150 |
192.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+126 |
87.5% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+99 |
42.1% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
0 |
+87 |
72.5% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+80 |
177.8% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+80 |
39.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+39 |
0.2% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+30 |
10.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+16 |
5.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+10 |
0.2% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
15.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3 |
0.7% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3 |
-3.2% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-18.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-4.4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-35 |
-21.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-56 |
-33.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-68 |
-24.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-95 |
-7.4% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-192 |
-10.1% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-261 |
-17.8% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-406 |
-34.1% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-491 |
-80.2% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-771 |
-23.4% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-982 |
-10.5% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-1,056 |
-21.5% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,450 |
-76.3% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+6 |
-1,483 |
-4.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,897 |
-7.3% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+4
| +63,712 |
+19.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 541,174; in 2000 it was 597,635. The total population changed 10.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (328,874) represent 60.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (394,668) include 66.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 35 groups had 324,200 adherents in 1990 and 387,912 adherents in 2000, for a change of 19.7%
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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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