Denominational Profile

History

	Apostolic Christian Churches of America (1832)	continuedApostolic Christian Churches of America
		split into Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) (1906)

The Apostolic Christian Churches of America was founded in Switzerland in the 1830s by former Swiss Reformed minister Samuel Heinrich Froelich. Swiss immigrants brought the church to America.
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Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1936	-	57	6,425
1943	-	53	6,425
1950	22	56	7,300
1953	25	58	7,669
1954	25	58	7,669
1956	29	63	8,298
1957	30	65	8,325
1958	24	64	8,338
1959	25	65	8,400
1960	25	65	8,535
1961	28	64	8,535
1962	28	-	8,535
1963	28	64	8,535
1964	29	70	8,688
1965	30	72	8,700
1966	33	72	8,740
1967	203	75	8,750
1968	216	-	8,955
1969	230	75	9,100
1971	273	77	9,160
1973	273	78	9,500
1976	42	78	14,500
1977	243	80	17,888
1980	270	81	10,672
1981	279	81	9,500
1983	290	82	21,173
1984	285	83	22,450
1985	296	84	22,600
1986	347	80	16,916
1988	329	80	11,300
1989	340	80	11,450
1996	-	91	12,200
1997	-	89	12,538
1998	375	89	12,700
1999	387	91	12,800
2000	381	86	12,900
2002	404	86	12,930
2003	412	86	12,780
2004	420	86	12,880
2005	420	87	12,744

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]