Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

58,953	150,234	2,982	92,526	12,368	312,338
Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

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

Religious Bodies	Theology	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	182	66,805	113.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	108	57,430	97.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	59	21,252	36.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	48	8,433	14.3
Catholic Church	Catholic	43	78,471	133.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	32	17,385	29.6
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	27	6,613	11.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	25	7,785	13.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	24	2,062	3.5
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	21	3,892	6.6
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	20	4,465	7.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,125	3.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	12	4,920	8.4
United Christian Church	Evangelical Protestant	9	601	1.0
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	9	n.a.	n.a.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,287	3.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,959	5.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	760	1.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,127	1.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,064	1.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	7	2,068	3.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,650	4.5
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	7	6,881	11.7
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	7	676	1.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	7	903	1.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	3,387	5.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	7	1,306	2.2
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	900	1.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	5	676	1.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	729	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	4	230	0.4
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	2,500	4.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	395	0.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	3	167	0.3
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	2	121	0.2
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	255	0.4
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	164	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	2	85	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	136	0.2
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	1	41	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	197	0.3
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	1	23	0.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	305	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	1	425	0.7
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	1	422	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	365	0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	108	0.2
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	9,353	15.9
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	778	325,904

The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 587,986. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (325,904) include 55.4% 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.