Denominational Profile

History

Berean Fellowship of Churches is an independent fundamentalist fellowship of churches founded in 1936 by Ivan E. Olsen.
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Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1963	30	31	1,450
1965	40	35	1,621
1966	37	37	1,982
1968	41	44	2,224
1970	49	47	2,718
1971	49	50	2,419
1972	57	50	2,350
1976	62	50	4,269
1981	53	49	3,350
1989	38	52	5,231
1991	60	51	2,768
1997	-	51	8,000
2000	-	51	8,000
2003	-	54	10,000
2005	-	56	12,000

Source

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]