Denominational Profile

Notes

The Evangelical Congregational Church was formed by members of the United Evangelical Church who did not approve of the merger of that church with the Evangelical Association in 1922 to form the Evangelical Church, which is now a constituent part of the United Methodist Church.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1929	113	154	21,880
1935	156	160	23,762
1937	-	160	24,713
1940	-	160	25,049
1942	-	160	25,241
1944	-	160	25,952
1947	-	162	26,736
1950	126	163	27,376
1951	143	165	27,786
1952	147	162	28,157
1953	149	166	28,480
1954	168	168	28,455
1955	129	167	28,546
1956	126	167	28,994
1957	145	169	29,199
1958	140	165	29,380
1959	137	163	29,676
1960	140	164	29,938
1961	166	164	29,108
1962	153	164	30,056
1963	166	165	30,172
1964	150	164	30,117
1965	151	163	29,698
1966	156	163	29,744
1967	154	161	29,458
1968	147	159	29,239
1969	142	160	29,582
1971	187	161	29,652
1972	173	160	29,682
1973	187	160	29,434
1974	162	160	29,331
1975	177	161	29,636
1976	184	161	28,886
1977	187	161	28,840
1978	186	161	28,459
1980	197	160	27,995
1981	207	161	27,567
1982	193	164	27,405
1983	207	163	39,710
1984	271	160	38,432
1985	281	159	35,584
1986	211	160	41,237
1987	207	155	33,275
1988	197	156	33,318
1989	199	155	34,779
1990	222	155	32,700
1993	188	152	23,889
1994	183	151	23,504
1995	175	150	23,422
1996	182	148	23,091
1997	184	148	22,957
1998	192	148	22,868
1999	183	143	22,349
2000	234	145	21,939
2001	241	149	21,463
2002	247	150	21,208
2003	252	146	20,743
2007	221	139	19,339
2008	209	135	18,710
2009	242	139	17,834

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]