Denominational Profile

History

Missionary Bands of the World

merged intoWesleyan Methodist Church of America (1843)

In 1958, the Missionary Bands of the World merged into the Wesleyan Methodist Church (now a constituent part of the Wesleyan Church).
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Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1940	-	5	229
1942	-	7	258
1944	-	6	190
1946	-	6	200
1950	32	7	236
1951	-	8	203
1952	24	10	1,000
1953	26	11	237
1954	26	11	236
1955	-	11	236
1956	23	11	140

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]