Pittsburgh, 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 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+805 |
1916.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+4,690 |
248.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+399 |
93.4% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,122 |
56.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+5,211 |
50.7% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+163 |
45.5% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+705 |
41.6% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,778 |
37.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,446 |
37.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+568 |
36.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+1,170 |
29.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+373 |
26.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+2,630 |
17.7% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+226 |
10.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
+360 |
7.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+310 |
7.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
+124 |
4.8% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+135 |
4.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
+966 |
4.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+16 |
3.7% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-75 |
-1.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-86 |
-3.6% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-31 |
-3.9% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,036 |
-5.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-8,233 |
-6.3% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-235 |
-6.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-73 |
-78,762 |
-7.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-16 |
-8,132 |
-9.2% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-978 |
-10.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-72 |
-10.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-19 |
-4,905 |
-10.8% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-186 |
-14.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-363 |
-15.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-104 |
-16.7% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,688 |
-17.1% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-53 |
-17.3% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-21 |
-24,640 |
-17.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
-2,690 |
-22.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-169 |
-25.5% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-70 |
-27.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-215 |
-34.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-4,932 |
-39.7% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-117 |
-44.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-90 |
-49.2% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-346 |
-54.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-276 |
-86.8% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-157
| -115,287 |
-7.0% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,394,811; in 2000 it was 2,358,695. The total population changed -1.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (1,699,897) represent 71.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,568,390) include 66.5% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 46 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 46 groups had 1,645,902 adherents in 1990 and 1,530,615 adherents in 2000, for a change of -7.0%
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 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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