Delaware 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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+451 |
1219.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+835 |
835.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+13,791 |
722.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+852 |
153.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+68 |
96.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+153 |
86.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+98 |
83.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+49 |
48.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+64 |
46.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+13 |
30.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+28 |
23.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+96 |
23.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+41 |
14.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+295 |
5.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-7 |
+11,232 |
4.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-9.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-133 |
-20.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
-233 |
-22.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+10 |
-4,457 |
-23.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-749 |
-26.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+6 |
-5,750 |
-32.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-290 |
-35.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-10 |
-10,291 |
-38.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-372 |
-40.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-41.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-164 |
-43.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-5,643 |
-44.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-306 |
-52.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+375 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,690 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+74 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+490 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+3,456 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+28
| 7,729 |
+2.2% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 555,007; in 2000 it was 550,864. The total population changed 0.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (354,880) represent 63.9% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (371,328) include 67.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 353,526 adherents in 1980 and 361,255 adherents in 2000, for a change of 2.2%
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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