Denominational Profile

Notes

The General Association of General Baptists was founded in the 1820s by Benoni Stinson.

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	565	535	32,050
1929	548	526	31,374
1935	788	544	34,539
1937	-	512	36,405
1940	-	593	38,231
1942	-	580	39,600
1950	-	661	49,217
1951	887	654	50,487
1952	1,067	676	51,105
1953	1,050	688	52,382
1954	-	700	51,368
1955	1,145	710	53,893
1956	1,120	722	55,600
1957	1,165	747	56,862
1958	1,180	759	56,773
1959	1,145	738	55,637
1960	-	792	58,530
1961	1,202	779	58,943
1962	1,239	812	60,423
1963	1,202	817	60,736
1964	1,190	834	62,841
1965	1,280	837	63,150
1966	1,231	844	64,498
1967	910	834	65,000
1968	837	834	65,000
1969	1,045	850	65,000
1971	1,115	854	65,000
1973	1,200	834	70,000
1974	1,125	800	70,000
1977	1,320	867	72,030
1979	1,309	866	73,046
1980	1,349	894	74,159
1981	1,373	870	75,028
1983	1,398	860	75,133
1984	1,476	866	75,028
1985	1,524	875	73,040
1986	1,444	871	72,263
1987	1,527	879	73,515
1988	1,483	868	74,086
1989	1,477	872	73,738
1990	1,384	876	74,156
1996	2,082	830	67,881
1997	1,228	790	72,326
1998	921	719	67,314
2000	1,033	587	55,549
2001	1,305	713	85,346
2002	1,185	692	85,924
2003	1,239	700	81,502
2004	1,281	842	78,863
2005	1,012	604	60,559
2006	1,012	840	52,279
2007	-	562	46,242
2009	800	900	45,721

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]