Mifflin 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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
28 |
7,459 |
161.5 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
2,400 |
52.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
4,055 |
87.8 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,951 |
42.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
1,885 |
40.8 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,322 |
28.6 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,052 |
22.8 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
173 |
3.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
944 |
20.4 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
379 |
8.2 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
3 |
2,107 |
45.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
554 |
12.0 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
150 |
3.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
330 |
7.1 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
46 |
1.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
200 |
4.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
87 |
1.9 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
180 |
3.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
45 |
1.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
220 |
4.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
210 |
4.6 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.5 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
74 |
1.6 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 113 |
25,887 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 46,197. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (25,887) include 56.0% 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.
