Reading, 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† |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
85 |
62,789 |
200.9 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
21 |
53,107 |
169.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
78 |
43,079 |
137.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
8,688 |
27.8 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
4,424 |
14.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,949 |
9.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,524 |
4.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,509 |
4.8 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,352 |
4.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,195 |
3.8 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
1,106 |
3.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,103 |
3.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
964 |
3.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
704 |
2.3 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
675 |
2.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
565 |
1.8 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
474 |
1.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
415 |
1.3 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
325 |
1.0 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
195 |
0.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
172 |
0.6 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
161 |
0.5 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
141 |
0.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
115 |
0.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
107 |
0.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.3 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
85 |
0.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
49 |
0.2 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
37 |
0.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 295 |
188,097 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 312,509. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (188,097) include 60.2% of the total population in 1980.
Source
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
†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.
