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 |
% Change |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,584 |
n.a. |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+888 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+461 |
28.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+324 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+207 |
57.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+169 |
146.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+145 |
71.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+120 |
12.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+60 |
n.a. |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+56 |
12.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+35 |
15.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+32 |
30.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+27 |
13.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+20 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+17 |
14.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+14 |
1.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+11 |
4.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-6.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-115 |
-87.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-227 |
-35.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-230 |
-18.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-235 |
-55.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-301 |
-33.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-302 |
-24.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-545 |
-44.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-659 |
-51.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,197 |
-45.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-2,245 |
-36.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-2,563 |
-26.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-4,279 |
-15.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-5,638 |
-22.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-20 |
-21,688 |
-18.0% |
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Totals:
-14
| -37,065 |
-17.9% |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 264,506; in 2000 it was 232,621. The total population changed -3.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (207,313) represent 78.4% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (174,062) include 74.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 32 groups had 207,206 adherents in 1980 and 170,141 adherents in 2000, for a change of -17.9%
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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