Denominational Profile

The Pentecostal Church of God was founded by Reverend John C. Sinclair in 1919 and took the present name in 1922.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1936	-	81	4,296
1944	-	601	37,048
1949	1,471	685	63,000
1951	1,120	620	48,000
1952	1,066	650	55,000
1953	1,117	550	38,000
1954	1,104	624	43,200
1955	954	850	60,000
1956	1,068	900	103,500
1957	1,057	915	105,000
1958	1,169	900	103,500
1961	1,250	1,099	109,900
1962	1,300	1,125	112,000
1963	1,300	1,150	115,000
1965	1,282	958	115,000
1967	1,325	975	115,000
1975	1,900	1,300	135,000
1977	2,168	1,189	110,870
1980	1,574	1,147	113,000
1981	1,564	1,118	83,860
1982	1,542	1,107	91,008
1983	1,540	1,120	89,559
1984	1,593	1,138	93,338
1985	1,597	1,142	89,508
1986	1,595	1,144	90,900
1987	1,565	1,166	88,616
1988	1,584	1,157	86,000
1989	1,603	1,165	90,870
1990	1,634	1,174	91,300
1991	1,679	1,160	92,060
1992	1,657	1,170	101,786
1993	1,741	1,174	102,760
1994	1,781	1,209	113,400
1995	1,788	1,224	119,200
1996	1,818	1,230	111,900
1998	1,802	1,237	104,300
1999	1,796	1,237	105,200
2000	1,788	1,212	102,000
2001	1,741	1,186	102,000
2002	1,762	1,197	104,000
2003	1,706	1,190	104,000
2004	1,642	1,158	117,000

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]