Denominational Profile

Notes

The Church of God of Prophecy is a Holiness Pentecostal church founded by Ambrose J. Tomlinson in 1921 as the Tomlinson Church of God. It took its present name in 1952.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1953	700	1,100	31,956
1954	720	1,107	32,000
1955	730	1,105	33,119
1956	756	1,154	33,149
1957	780	1,183	33,761
1958	808	1,214	32,526
1959	833	1,243	32,673
1960	840	1,262	33,240
1961	2,679	1,301	35,349
1962	2,783	1,340	37,107
1963	2,760	1,383	39,154
1964	3,059	1,447	40,785
1965	3,164	1,452	42,516
1966	1,365	1,469	43,441
1969	1,307	1,531	48,708
1970	-	1,561	51,527
1973	5,195	1,711	59,535
1974	5,475	1,755	62,743
1975	5,679	1,791	65,801
1979	2,370	1,930	69,285
1980	-	1,977	72,977
1981	-	1,977	72,977
1982	5,548	2,026	74,084
1983	5,358	2,040	74,384
1984	8,051	2,040	74,430
1985	7,920	2,051	73,952
1986	7,573	2,062	74,122
1987	7,573	2,085	74,588
1989	-	2,111	73,977
1990	6,772	2,119	73,430
1991	10,151	2,096	72,904
1992	7,964	2,072	72,465
1993	6,957	2,044	72,370
1994	8,743	2,005	70,570
1995	8,636	1,961	72,859
1996	5,155	1,910	69,974
1997	2,049	1,908	76,531
1999	2,042	1,862	75,112
2000	-	1,865	72,899
2002	-	1,841	110,000
2003	5,047	1,879	105,976
2004	-	1,901	114,476
2006	4,509	1,871	84,762
2007	4,340	1,860	89,674

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]