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United Pentecostal Church International
Denominational Profile
Notes
| The United Pentecostal Church International, a Oneness Pentecostal church, was founded in 1945 as a merger of the Pentecostal Church, Inc., and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. It is the largest of the predominantly white Oneness Pentecostal churches. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1950 |
1,200 |
1,200 |
100,000 |
| 1952 |
1,300 |
1,100 |
125,000 |
| 1954 |
1,500 |
1,200 |
125,000 |
| 1955 |
1,400 |
1,500 |
125,000 |
| 1957 |
1,713 |
1,560 |
135,000 |
| 1958 |
1,775 |
1,595 |
160,000 |
| 1960 |
1,875 |
1,900 |
175,000 |
| 1962 |
1,935 |
1,800 |
150,000 |
| 1965 |
2,061 |
2,000 |
125,000 |
| 1968 |
2,273 |
2,500 |
225,000 |
| 1969 |
2,300 |
2,200 |
200,000 |
| 1971 |
2,445 |
2,500 |
250,000 |
| 1972 |
5,250 |
2,650 |
250,000 |
| 1973 |
5,555 |
2,775 |
270,000 |
| 1975 |
2,887 |
2,613 |
300,000 |
| 1977 |
5,970 |
2,701 |
405,000 |
| 1978 |
5,887 |
2,792 |
420,000 |
| 1979 |
5,881 |
2,830 |
450,000 |
| 1980 |
6,063 |
2,829 |
465,000 |
| 1982 |
6,659 |
3,300 |
465,000 |
| 1984 |
6,775 |
3,377 |
475,000 |
| 1985 |
6,796 |
3,408 |
500,000 |
| 1986 |
6,984 |
3,410 |
500,000 |
| 1988 |
6,984 |
3,410 |
500,000 |
| 1989 |
7,279 |
3,592 |
500,000 |
| 1990 |
7,447 |
3,592 |
500,000 |
| 1991 |
7,464 |
3,626 |
500,000 |
| 1992 |
7,474 |
3,728 |
550,000 |
| 1994 |
- |
3,730 |
550,000 |
| 2002 |
9,004 |
4,100 |
- |
| 2005 |
9,085 |
4,358 |
646,304 |
| 2006 |
9,224 |
4,358 |
646,304 |
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]
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