Erie, PA MSA
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 |
-3 |
+11,255 |
12.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,594 |
333.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,695 |
98.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+830 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+294 |
62.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
+233 |
38.0% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+207 |
n.a. |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+136 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+131 |
298.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+120 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+111 |
32.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+102 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+62 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+59 |
8.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+55 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+47 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+45 |
42.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+44 |
77.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+34 |
227.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3 |
8.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-12.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-16 |
-20.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-20 |
-11.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-21 |
-10.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-40 |
-10.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-73 |
-50.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-205 |
-18.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-307 |
-49.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-330 |
-8.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-482 |
-79.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-514 |
-23.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-535 |
-38.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-668 |
-73.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-2,075 |
-11.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-2,204 |
-49.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,272 |
-16.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-4,021 |
-36.0% |
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Totals:
+19
| +5,258 |
+3.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 279,780; in 2000 it was 280,843. The total population changed 1.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (158,909) represent 56.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (165,161) include 58.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 37 groups had 158,286 adherents in 1980 and 163,544 adherents in 2000, for a change of 3.3%
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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