Denominational Profile

History

The Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church was founded in 1959 as a merger of a number of Free Will Baptist Associations.
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Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1960	183	127	7,000
1962	244	135	10,000
1965	210	176	10,000
1970	192	150	13,500
1973	212	126	10,000
1974	125	128	10,000
1976	235	150	15,000
1978	195	128	12,272
1980	170	127	9,280
1982	170	127	9,280
1983	170	217	9,280
1984	170	217	10,627
1985	171	130	10,700
1990	228	141	11,757
1991	228	141	11,757
1992	250	150	18,000
1994	250	163	18,500
1995	170	149	12,460
1996	250	157	16,000
1998	280	150	28,000
2002	304	150	-

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]