Denominational Profile

History

The National Spiritual Alliance of the U.S.A. was formed in 1913 by the Rev. G. Tabor Thompson, previously a medium with the New England Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association, and an advocate of belief in reincarnation, an opinion at variance with the National Spiritualist Association of Churches (NSAC).

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1935	120	230	2,650
1937	-	247	2,727
1940	-	255	4,570
1942	-	264	5,380
1944	-	267	5,487
1950	56	39	1,040
1951	58	40	2,157
1952	35	20	1,000
1953	37	21	1,010
1954	44	26	1,050
1955	37	30	2,873
1956	42	32	3,005
1957	49	32	3,050
1958	55	32	3,085
1959	58	33	3,145
1960	60	34	3,185
1961	65	34	3,205
1962	68	32	3,208
1963	68	32	3,204
1964	68	30	3,180
1966	68	28	3,162
1967	51	30	3,212
1968	52	32	3,225
1969	54	31	3,230
1970	-	34	3,230
1971	-	34	3,230

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]