Denominational Profile

Notes

The Friends United Meeting was founded by the more programmed and "orthodox" tradition among Friends in 1902. At first known as the Five Years Meeting of Friends, it assumed its present name in 1965.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1942	-	508	69,832
1944	-	453	70,000
1947	-	400	69,595
1951	494	490	68,612
1952	613	499	69,419
1954	613	499	69,560
1955	553	516	70,245
1956	-	486	73,095
1957	427	470	67,957
1958	375	494	68,399
1959	375	494	68,399
1960	-	528	71,552
1961	-	501	71,552
1964	493	493	69,543
1965	-	487	70,167
1967	378	509	69,353
1968	575	514	69,494
1969	459	563	69,149
1970	548	517	67,785
1971	554	512	68,773
1972	566	515	68,717
1975	611	515	67,431
1976	639	519	65,585
1977	617	518	65,348
1978	617	522	62,080
1979	607	530	61,366
1980	581	530	60,745
1981	853	532	60,084
1982	557	535	59,338
1983	597	534	58,371
1984	590	534	57,432
1985	621	536	57,443
1986	595	533	56,495
1987	600	532	55,616
1988	601	545	54,501
1989	582	543	54,155
1990	585	526	54,945
1991	637	-	50,803
1995	524	503	43,680
1996	192	580	43,800
1997	360	501	41,614
1999	288	479	33,908
2000	289	487	34,863
2001	552	436	41,297
2002	355	427	42,680
2005	355	427	42,680
2007	576	611	43,647
2008	576	600	36,302

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]