Johnstown, 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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
125 |
96,939 |
401.8 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
97 |
25,942 |
107.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
56 |
22,400 |
92.9 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
8,304 |
34.4 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
4,932 |
20.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,027 |
8.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
3,475 |
14.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,213 |
5.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,439 |
6.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,146 |
4.8 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
574 |
2.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
960 |
4.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,976 |
8.2 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
750 |
3.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,391 |
5.8 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,066 |
4.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
432 |
1.8 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
4 |
1,319 |
5.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
705 |
2.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
688 |
2.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
143 |
0.6 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
275 |
1.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
430 |
1.8 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
223 |
0.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
112 |
0.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
127 |
0.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
320 |
1.3 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
17 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
228 |
1.0 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
121 |
0.5 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.1 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
111 |
0.5 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
878 |
3.6 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 489 |
180,708 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 241,247. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (180,708) include 74.9% 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.
