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Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Denominational Groups, 2000

24,334 53,027 1,682 35,271 3,094 96,266
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 3 765 3.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 712 3.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 8 3,982 20.4
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 715 3.7
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 10 2,545 13.0
Catholic Church Catholic 9 26,841 137.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 7 1,374 7.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 425 2.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 108 0.6
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 72 0.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 669 3.4
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 42 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 671 3.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 7 1,064 5.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 385 2.0
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 64 0.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 445 2.3
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 22 4,686 24.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 2 119 0.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 2,198 11.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 3 795 4.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 30 22,398 114.7
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 22 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 1,200 6.2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,200 6.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 2,145 11.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 305 1.6
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 4 477 2.4
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 43 0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 14 9,046 46.3
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 3 497 2.6
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 116 0.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 118 0.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 1,664 8.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 3,156 16.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 52 24,041 123.1
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 258 1.3
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 227 115,404  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 195,257. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (115,404) include 59.1% of the total population in 1990.

Source

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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The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga county are Episcopalian.