Denominational Profile

History

split into Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church (1885)

The Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church is a predominantly black church founded in 1885 by former members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	48	25	2,272
1929	51	27	1,904
1935	51	27	1,904
1936	-	22	1,025
1937	-	27	-
1940	-	65	4,000
1942	-	43	3,000
1950	33	37	7,035
1951	45	40	11,000
1952	42	39	16,000
1954	37	33	11,000
1964	26	21	16,000
1965	31	21	16,198
1968	60	60	5,000
1969	60	60	5,000
1970	21	20	5,000
1974	22	18	2,192
1976	26	17	3,800
1983	33	18	3,800

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]