Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, 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 |
234 |
316,579 |
495.8 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
173 |
48,793 |
76.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
49 |
11,988 |
18.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
47 |
19,842 |
31.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
43 |
8,909 |
14.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
27 |
5,574 |
8.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
4,151 |
6.5 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
22 |
5,828 |
9.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
20 |
5,921 |
9.3 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,665 |
4.2 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
13 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,504 |
3.9 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
641 |
1.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
573 |
0.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,506 |
3.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,418 |
2.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
326 |
0.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,110 |
1.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
334 |
0.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,319 |
2.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
586 |
0.9 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
684 |
1.1 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
4 |
1,208 |
1.9 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
124 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
587 |
0.9 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
295 |
0.5 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
152 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
140 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
210 |
0.3 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
175 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
110 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
238 |
0.4 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
210 |
0.3 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
310 |
0.5 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
128 |
0.2 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
73 |
0.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
1,284 |
2.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 781 |
447,516 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 638,466. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (447,516) include 70.1% 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.
