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	172	60,257	95.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	105	47,948	76.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	59	18,660	29.7
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	50	8,934	14.2
Catholic Church	Catholic	38	92,526	147.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	31	15,143	24.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	26	4,967	7.9
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	26	6,785	10.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	24	7,025	11.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,009	4.8
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	19	1,666	2.7
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,338	2.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,544	2.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	14	3,840	6.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	12	4,929	7.8
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,992	3.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,670	2.7
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	8	7,350	11.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,071	1.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	791	1.3
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	672	1.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	4,656	7.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	7	2,668	4.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	7	2,126	3.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,096	1.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,269	2.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,152	1.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	2,055	3.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,447	2.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	4	165	0.3
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	1,827	2.9
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	179	0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	3	136	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	255	0.4
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	182	0.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	2	99	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	2	75	0.1
Hindu	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	2	441	0.7
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	480	0.8
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	1,500	2.4
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	36	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	600	1.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	1	88	0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	1	467	0.7
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	220	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	82	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	166	0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	361	0.6
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	154	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	109	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	97	0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	1	283	0.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	312	0.5
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	29	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	134	0.2
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	771	317,063
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		370,091

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 587,986; in 2000 it was 629,401. The total population changed 7.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (317,063) include 50.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (370,091) include 58.8% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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