Denominational Profile
History
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
split into Congregational Holiness Church (1920) |
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| The Congregational Holiness Church is a Holiness Pentecostal church founded in 1920 by the Rev. Watson Sorrow and Hugh Bowling. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1935 |
149 |
59 |
2,083 |
| 1937 |
- |
69 |
2,245 |
| 1939 |
- |
73 |
2,420 |
| 1942 |
- |
74 |
2,407 |
| 1944 |
- |
86 |
2,849 |
| 1947 |
- |
96 |
- |
| 1950 |
184 |
119 |
3,952 |
| 1951 |
348 |
124 |
4,162 |
| 1952 |
243 |
129 |
4,037 |
| 1953 |
250 |
132 |
4,170 |
| 1954 |
266 |
134 |
4,087 |
| 1955 |
274 |
138 |
4,121 |
| 1959 |
- |
147 |
4,664 |
| 1962 |
303 |
151 |
5,212 |
| 1965 |
308 |
141 |
- |
| 1966 |
302 |
147 |
4,859 |
| 1981 |
488 |
174 |
8,347 |
| 1991 |
349 |
176 |
7,116 |
| 1993 |
- |
190 |
2,468 |
| 2001 |
305 |
190 |
9,565 |
| 2005 |
225 |
225 |
25,000 |
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]
