Denominational Profile

History

split into Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) (1862)

This church was organized in 1862 at Green Oak, Pennsylvania by William Bickerton.

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1936	-	31	1,639
1942	-	32	2,000
1944	-	24	1,550
1947	-	35	1,736
1950	274	34	1,725
1951	179	40	2,013
1952	166	40	1,825
1953	177	36	1,916
1954	186	36	2,072
1955	204	40	2,272
1956	220	40	2,350
1957	199	45	2,340
1958	225	45	2,464
1959	275	38	2,500
1960	217	46	2,346
1961	225	44	2,233
1962	230	41	2,387
1963	-	42	2,405
1964	211	43	2,447
1965	209	43	2,456
1966	209	46	2,309
1967	209	46	2,309
1968	210	50	2,323
1969	220	50	2,360
1970	215	42	2,353
1972	220	50	2,439
1973	214	50	2,469
1974	218	50	2,463
1975	218	59	2,468
1976	255	59	2,444
1977	235	60	2,500
1978	234	60	2,551
1979	239	57	2,567
1981	243	53	2,654
1987	299	60	2,668
1988	282	70	2,986
1989	262	63	2,707

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]