Denominational Profile

History

split into Old German Baptist Brethren Church (1881)

The Old German Baptist Brethren Church was founded in 1881 as a split from the Church of the Brethren. It represents the conservative wing in the Brethren movement.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	208	62	3,260
1929	200	65	3,300
1935	180	63	3,000
1936	-	62	3,271
1950	185	55	3,722
1951	196	55	4,000
1952	182	48	4,000
1953	187	31	-
1955	124	55	3,953
1956	127	56	3,805
1957	119	57	3,881
1958	129	57	4,092
1959	119	56	4,002
1960	111	56	4,073
1961	127	54	4,110
1962	129	53	4,160
1963	126	52	4,105
1965	130	54	4,225
1975	-	56	4,810
1978	221	50	4,898
1979	223	53	4,987
1980	226	53	5,092
1981	228	52	5,203
1982	236	52	4,254
1988	288	55	5,497
1989	236	55	5,434
1990	233	55	5,439
1991	242	55	5,475
1992	244	56	5,477
1993	246	57	5,535
1994	248	58	5,622
1995	-	57	5,832
1997	-	57	5,832
1998	253	57	5,966
1999	254	55	6,050
2000	257	54	6,084
2001	259	55	6,205
2003	266	55	6,285
2004	268	54	6,420
2005	273	55	6,429
2006	273	56	6,377
2007	277	56	6,229
2008	277	56	6,149

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]