Denominational Profile

Notes

The North American Baptist Conference was founded in 1843 as a German-American Baptist Fellowship.

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1950	250	270	41,560
1951	324	270	42,561
1952	348	274	44,019
1953	356	274	45,121
1954	303	282	45,920
1955	426	288	47,319
1956	418	294	48,224
1957	415	293	49,269
1958	397	290	50,010
1959	400	292	50,455
1960	423	300	50,646
1961	426	312	51,611
1962	421	317	52,073
1963	419	325	52,625
1964	414	327	53,346
1965	426	329	53,711
1966	419	332	53,742
1968	422	337	54,358
1969	466	339	55,100
1970	445	347	55,080
1971	441	343	54,997
1972	423	341	54,441
1973	318	247	41,563
1974	324	245	41,437
1975	348	252	42,122
1976	361	250	42,277
1977	348	255	42,724
1978	353	253	42,499
1979	350	254	42,779
1980	369	258	43,041
1981	365	260	43,146
1982	357	260	42,735
1983	354	260	43,286
1984	294	260	43,215
1985	294	258	42,863
1986	381	253	42,084
1987	413	253	42,150
1988	445	259	42,629
1989	433	276	42,629
1990	341	279	44,493
1992	434	289	43,446
1993	469	267	43,045
1994	451	263	43,236
1995	450	263	43,928
1997	422	268	43,850
1999	447	271	45,738
2000	440	270	47,097
2001	427	276	49,017
2002	421	270	47,692
2005	405	268	46,657
2006	418	272	47,150

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]