Lancaster 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 |
+8,209 |
21.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,395 |
387.5% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,218 |
81.4% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,083 |
70.5% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,020 |
29.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+900 |
42.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+680 |
22.9% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+672 |
560.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+527 |
5.5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+339 |
19.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+337 |
61.2% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+283 |
32.5% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+149 |
38.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+135 |
32.1% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+125 |
116.8% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+104 |
11.1% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+101 |
15.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+48 |
4.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
18.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
12.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-33 |
-5.2% |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-34 |
-19.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-103 |
-28.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-122 |
-17.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-135 |
-5.7% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-353 |
-9.9% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-476 |
-26.7% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-822 |
-17.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,170 |
-4.2% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,271 |
-3.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-1,359 |
-6.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,758 |
-18.2% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+32 |
-1,910 |
-14.1% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,990 |
-17.5% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+31
| +4,804 |
+2.4% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 422,822; in 2000 it was 470,658. The total population changed 11.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (213,327) represent 50.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (227,775) include 48.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 34 groups had 203,691 adherents in 1990 and 208,495 adherents in 2000, for a change of 2.4%
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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