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 |
% Change |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+32 |
152.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+320 |
108.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+470 |
80.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+110 |
78.6% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+722 |
17.4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+88 |
13.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-12 |
+772 |
13.2% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+108 |
8.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+90 |
6.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+159 |
6.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+4 |
3.2% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-5 |
-0.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-8 |
-2.5% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-6 |
-3.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-215 |
-8.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-4,259 |
-8.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-513 |
-9.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,362 |
-11.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-30 |
-14.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-95 |
-16.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-185 |
-16.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-33 |
-64,070 |
-20.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,212 |
-20.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-1,916 |
-21.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-2,843 |
-23.7% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-26.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-90 |
-26.9% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-32.7% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
-1 |
-585 |
-48.4% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,634 |
-61.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-524 |
-76.6% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-118 |
-77.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-73 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-71
| -77,938 |
-17.5% |
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The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 638,466; in 2000 it was 624,776. The total population changed -2.1%. The adherent totals for 1990 (447,516) represent 70.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (376,281) include 60.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 33 groups had 445,474 adherents in 1990 and 367,536 adherents in 2000, for a change of -17.5%
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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