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 |
83 |
54,953 |
163.3 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
77 |
41,868 |
124.4 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
24 |
54,882 |
163.1 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
3,387 |
10.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
22 |
8,840 |
26.3 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
3,597 |
10.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,954 |
5.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,308 |
6.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,401 |
7.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
442 |
1.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,659 |
4.9 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
2,800 |
8.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
278 |
0.8 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,071 |
3.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
697 |
2.1 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
257 |
0.8 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
141 |
0.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
704 |
2.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
91 |
0.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
520 |
1.6 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
230 |
0.7 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
135 |
0.4 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
675 |
2.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
230 |
0.7 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
80 |
0.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
192 |
0.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
56 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
144 |
0.4 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
105 |
0.3 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
266 |
0.8 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
52 |
0.2 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
53 |
0.2 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
425 |
1.3 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
2,374 |
7.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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187,867 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 336,523. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (187,867) include 55.8% 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.
