Denominational Profile

Notes

The Friends General Conference, founded in 1900, brought together several yearly meetings of the Society of Friends that followed the unprogrammed and free spirit of the Quakers associated with Friends minister Elias Hicks.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1942	-	146	16,875
1943	-	154	17,870
1946	-	153	18,144
1950	0	164	18,029
1951	0	165	18,729
1952	0	150	19,543
1953	-	148	20,106
1955	0	217	27,829
1956	0	224	28,024
1957	0	223	28,362
1958	25	279	31,473
1959	-	291	31,530
1961	-	270	31,550
1962	-	291	31,851
1963	-	293	31,879
1964	-	310	31,777
1965	-	292	31,670
1966	0	306	31,831
1967	0	315	31,461
1969	0	314	31,498
1970	-	314	31,564
1971	-	233	26,671
1974	0	233	26,184
1983	0	505	31,600
1987	0	505	31,600
1991	-	520	30,902
1992	-	520	31,500
1993	-	520	31,500
1994	-	550	31,500
1995	0	602	31,415
1996	-	600	33,000
1997	-	620	32,000
1998	7	620	32,000
1999	7	620	32,000
2000	0	650	34,577
2002	-	832	32,000

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]