Denominational Profile

History

split into Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) (1906)

The Apostolic Christian Church was founded in the early 1900s by former members of the Apostolic Christian Churches of America. It has its origin in an evangelical revival in Switzerland.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1951	113	50	4,500
1952	11	30	1,500
1954	9	25	1,650
1956	8	32	1,701
1957	9	34	1,807
1958	11	43	2,259
1959	10	37	1,960
1960	13	38	2,024
1961	13	38	2,030
1971	-	43	4,000
1972	134	54	3,771
1973	170	41	3,720
1974	152	39	4,000
1975	128	40	4,711
1977	140	42	4,804
1979	127	43	2,497
1981	153	46	2,684
1983	170	46	2,713
1985	178	48	2,799
1993	234	63	3,723
2005	201	57	3,629

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]