Philadelphia 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 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+4,093 |
1527.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+24 |
+81,014 |
1450.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+67 |
+16,774 |
894.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,518 |
459.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+927 |
265.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+79 |
172.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+87 |
145.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+214 |
138.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+1,757 |
92.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,802 |
76.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+164 |
74.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+20 |
+17,639 |
67.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+250 |
54.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+906 |
26.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+51 |
15.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+560 |
15.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-323 |
-6.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-12 |
-8.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-150 |
-12.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-152 |
-17.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-19 |
-106,670 |
-18.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-48 |
-22.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-23 |
-6,992 |
-26.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-194 |
-27.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-497 |
-32.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-160 |
-41.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-14 |
-14,863 |
-49.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-15,566 |
-51.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-13,552 |
-57.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-982 |
-60.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-148 |
-74.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-189 |
-76.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-686 |
-91.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,828 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+357 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,800 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+8,034 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+141 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+750 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+1,401 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+2,343 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+114
| -15,695 |
-2.0% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,688,210; in 2000 it was 1,517,550. The total population changed -4.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (781,499) represent 46.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (809,637) include 53.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 41 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 41 groups had 770,193 adherents in 1980 and 754,498 adherents in 2000, for a change of -2.0%
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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