Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, 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 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+973 |
544.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,809 |
450.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+126 |
315.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+5,571 |
313.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+85 |
174.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+1,792 |
147.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+926 |
124.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,597 |
110.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,956 |
104.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+63 |
86.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+114 |
81.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+729 |
78.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+1,028 |
63.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+170 |
63.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+411 |
48.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-5 |
+21,822 |
31.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+182 |
30.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+173 |
19.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+979 |
16.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+459 |
10.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+14 |
3.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-95 |
-4.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,318 |
-13.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-32 |
-15.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-15 |
-11,791 |
-16.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-287 |
-17.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-1,528 |
-18.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-5,298 |
-22.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-15,814 |
-25.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-102 |
-26.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-83 |
-43.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-555 |
-77.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+50 |
+8,934 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+672 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,055 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+99 |
n.a. |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+88 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+312 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+361 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+480 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,096 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+1,500 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+119
| +21,748 |
+7.6% |
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The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 555,158; in 2000 it was 629,401. The total population changed 7.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (293,815) represent 52.9% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (317,063) include 50.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 43 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 43 groups had 287,214 adherents in 1980 and 308,962 adherents in 2000, for a change of 7.6%
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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