Denominational Profile
Notes
| This church originated in 1916 in Great Britain as a branch of the Old Catholic Church movement that began in Holland in the eighteenth century. It took the name "Liberal Catholic Church" in 1918. It won a legal dispute over the name with the other Liberal Catholic Church that separated in the 1940s. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1935 |
94 |
39 |
1,482 |
| 1937 |
- |
35 |
1,288 |
| 1940 |
- |
34 |
2,000 |
| 1950 |
46 |
13 |
2,200 |
| 1951 |
40 |
14 |
3,500 |
| 1953 |
34 |
9 |
3,500 |
| 1955 |
28 |
7 |
4,000 |
| 1956 |
33 |
8 |
4,000 |
| 2002 |
20 |
9 |
6,000 |
| 2003 |
20 |
10 |
6,000 |
| 2004 |
24 |
12 |
6,300 |
| 2005 |
26 |
11 |
6,500 |
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]
