Denominational Profile
History
Methodist Church (1939-1968) |
split into Evangelical Methodist Church (1946) |
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| The Evangelical Methodist Church is a conservative evangelical church founded in 1946 by a group of former members of the Methodist Church (1939-1968) under the leadership of Dr. J. H. Hamblen. They protested what they saw as the extreme liberalism of the Methodist Church. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1955 |
134 |
90 |
4,125 |
| 1956 |
154 |
94 |
4,783 |
| 1957 |
144 |
97 |
5,222 |
| 1958 |
179 |
101 |
5,618 |
| 1959 |
169 |
112 |
6,200 |
| 1960 |
179 |
116 |
6,044 |
| 1961 |
223 |
132 |
6,088 |
| 1963 |
228 |
139 |
8,041 |
| 1964 |
300 |
150 |
8,728 |
| 1965 |
239 |
150 |
9,311 |
| 1974 |
218 |
139 |
10,502 |
| 1985 |
- |
126 |
9,040 |
| 1987 |
238 |
130 |
8,282 |
| 1990 |
269 |
126 |
8,514 |
| 1992 |
- |
132 |
8,500 |
| 1997 |
215 |
123 |
8,615 |
| 2005 |
202 |
108 |
7,348 |
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]
