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 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3,761 |
1233.1% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+48 |
90.6% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,420 |
43.6% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+870 |
34.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+11 |
28.9% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
20.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+137 |
19.8% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+27 |
16.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+13 |
14.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+103 |
13.9% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-2 |
+8,143 |
8.6% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3 |
7.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+50 |
6.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
6.8% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+50 |
6.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+27 |
6.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+9 |
6.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
5.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-942 |
-5.5% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-14 |
-9.3% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,306 |
-9.5% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-12.5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-157 |
-14.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-43 |
-14.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-324 |
-16.1% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
0 |
-40 |
-16.2% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-13 |
-16.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-230 |
-20.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,034 |
-22.1% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-55 |
-25.3% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-19 |
-25.7% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-115 |
-26.6% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-50 |
-27.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,311 |
-36.7% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+1
| +8,033 |
+5.2% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 275,572; in 2000 it was 280,843. The total population changed 1.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (159,848) represent 58.0% of the 1990 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 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 35 groups had 155,419 adherents in 1990 and 163,452 adherents in 2000, for a change of 5.2%
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 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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