Denominational Profile

History

split into Primitive Advent Christian Church

The Primitive Advent Christian Church developed out of a controversy centering on the preaching of a Reverend Whitman, a minister of the Advent Christian Church in West Virginia. Whitman opposed both footwashing and re-baptizing reclaimed backsliders. Proponents of these two practices organized the Primitive Advent Christian Church.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1936	-	14	538
1946	-	15	416
1950	16	14	593
1951	28	13	569
1952	16	13	509
1953	27	13	476
1954	16	12	507
1955	18	13	500
1956	13	12	504
1957	17	12	556
1958	17	15	553
1959	19	12	586
1960	19	12	597
1964	27	11	589
1965	29	10	597
1967	16	10	578
1968	16	10	577
1969	16	10	550
1970	15	10	600
1972	14	10	551
1974	12	10	530
1975	14	10	546
1976	12	10	514
1977	12	10	556
1978	10	10	550
1979	12	10	524
1981	10	10	547
1983	10	10	566
1984	11	10	546
1990	9	9	350
1991	10	10	339
1992	11	10	345
1993	11	10	345

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]