Sharon, 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 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+985 |
788.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+491 |
174.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+409 |
119.9% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+167 |
45.5% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+94 |
36.2% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+10 |
33.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+105 |
20.3% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+154 |
20.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+40 |
15.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+61 |
8.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+43 |
8.7% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
0.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-38 |
-1.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-7 |
-3.2% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-15 |
-4.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-4 |
-7.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
-3,328 |
-10.3% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,312 |
-10.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,775 |
-14.7% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-68 |
-18.7% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-29 |
-19.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-235 |
-20.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-1 |
-67 |
-24.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-692 |
-25.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-536 |
-27.6% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-45.5% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-85 |
-53.5% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-30 |
-55.6% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
0 |
-277 |
-57.2% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-79 |
-61.2% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-10
| -6,036 |
-8.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 121,003; in 2000 it was 120,293. The total population changed -0.6%. The adherent totals for 1990 (74,474) represent 61.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (68,504) include 56.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 30 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 30 groups had 72,531 adherents in 1990 and 66,495 adherents in 2000, for a change of -8.3%
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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