Denominational Profile

Notes

The United Holy Church of America is a predominantly black Pentecostal church founded by Reverend Isaac Cheshier in North Carolina in 1886. It assumed its present name in 1916.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1939	-	500	31,500
1942	-	502	32,000
1944	-	275	25,000
1950	321	339	13,381
1951	361	360	26,300
1952	374	365	26,451
1953	382	376	26,560
1956	393	426	27,070
1957	391	426	27,050
1958	400	432	28,000
1959	400	453	28,300
1960	400	470	28,980

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]