Pennsylvania

Denominational Groups, 2000

706,904	2,131,472	81,864	3,802,524	393,584	5,164,706
Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

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

Religious Bodies	Theology	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	1,624	3,802,524	309.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	2,442	659,350	53.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1,343	611,913	49.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	1,083	324,714	26.4
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	197	283,000	23.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	735	241,844	19.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	435	132,858	10.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	413	116,511	9.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	374	84,153	6.9
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	57	71,190	5.8
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	236	52,684	4.3
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	319	48,215	3.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	254	45,926	3.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	226	44,432	3.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	51	42,992	3.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	102	31,032	2.5
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	99	30,153	2.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	156	27,492	2.2
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	306	25,340	2.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	37	24,246	2.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	128	23,938	2.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	156	22,692	1.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	94	21,350	1.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	88	21,015	1.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	92	21,007	1.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	112	16,918	1.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	117	16,766	1.4
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	102	16,618	1.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	62	15,833	1.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	58	15,273	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	96	14,425	1.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	17	13,928	1.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	78	12,382	1.0
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	61	12,246	1.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	92	11,844	1.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	25	10,692	0.9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	64	10,320	0.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	137	10,097	0.8
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	26	10,093	0.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	57	9,256	0.8
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	20	8,938	0.7
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	105	8,718	0.7
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	35	8,652	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	36	6,778	0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	99	6,741	0.6
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	10	5,642	0.5
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	3	5,260	0.4
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	35	3,919	0.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	16	3,407	0.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	11	3,204	0.3
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	31	3,172	0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	24	3,044	0.3
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	15	3,034	0.3
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,700	0.2
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	44	2,669	0.2
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,090	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	41	2,057	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,646	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,624	0.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	10	1,584	0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	18	1,485	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,436	0.1
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,361	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,149	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	3	1,113	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,100	0.1
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	55	1,065	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,063	0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	7	1,060	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	1,050	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,022	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	15	955	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	4	900	0.1
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	873	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	7	837	0.1
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	800	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	2	750	0.1
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	8	682	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	660	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	4	531	0.0
Old Order River Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	4	477	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	4	471	0.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	426	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	420	0.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	3	363	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	286	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	268	0.0
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	2	264	0.0
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	220	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	200	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	182	0.0
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	158	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	148	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	122	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	2	83	0.0
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	2	75	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	74	0.0
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	1	53	0.0
General Six Principle Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	12	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	30	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	14	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	4	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	11	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	16	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	18	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	8	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	7	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	13,104	7,116,348
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		8,448,193

The population of these 67 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 11,881,643; in 2000 it was 12,281,054. The total population changed 3.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (7,116,348) include 57.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (8,448,193) include 68.8% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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