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State Membership Report
Pennsylvania
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 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+173 |
+4,470 |
21.0% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+156 |
+22,692 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+146 |
+27,532 |
163.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+92 |
+21,007 |
n.a. |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+83 |
+28,179 |
50.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+81 |
+228,664 |
421.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+78 |
+12,382 |
n.a. |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+55 |
+1,065 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+51 |
+42,992 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+49 |
+14,553 |
214.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+41 |
+2,057 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+38 |
+12,640 |
480.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+37 |
+24,246 |
n.a. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+35 |
+8,652 |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+3,172 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+29 |
+13,220 |
74.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+23 |
+9,737 |
1020.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
+8,245 |
95.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+14,591 |
47.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
-11,663 |
-28.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+13,928 |
n.a. |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+693 |
7.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+1,718 |
78.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+5,296 |
47.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,051 |
2145.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+12 |
-1,087 |
-8.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
-10,813 |
-17.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+2,649 |
688.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
-8,807 |
-38.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
+1,175 |
63.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+1,060 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+7 |
+837 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-5,549 |
-19.0% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,063 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,233 |
57.0% |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+477 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+4 |
-1,132 |
-26.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,385 |
17.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+979 |
57.0% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+363 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+46 |
12.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+750 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+472 |
41.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+148 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-5,396 |
-20.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+300 |
175.0% |
| General Six Principle Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+25 |
n.a. |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+715 |
52.0% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+53 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+1,705 |
34.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
-150 |
-12.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,317 |
-19.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+32 |
63.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+37 |
16.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-2,117 |
-7.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+83 |
8.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-981 |
-40.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+78 |
17.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-51,490 |
-31.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,435 |
18.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-16 |
-2.0% |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-5,292 |
-66.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-2,458 |
-72.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-2,995 |
-16.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-27 |
+3,952 |
3.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-33 |
-15,492 |
-70.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-78 |
-154,343 |
-32.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-90 |
-60,073 |
-20.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-94 |
-154,794 |
-20.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-221 |
-126,803 |
-16.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-231 |
-78,920 |
-2.0% |
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Totals:
654
| -157,779 |
-2.2% |
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The population of these 67 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 11,863,895; in 2000 it was 12,281,054. The total population changed 3.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (7,156,968) represent 60.3% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (7,116,348) include 57.9% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 72 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 72 groups had 7,090,249 adherents in 1980 and 6,932,470 adherents in 2000, for a change of -2.2%
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 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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