Denominational Profile

History

Holiness Methodist Church	merged intoEvangelical Church of North America (1968)
Evangelical United Brethren	split into

The Evangelical Church of North America was founded in 1968 by former members of the Evangelical United Brethren who rejected that church's merger into the United Methodist Church.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1970	130	112	9,200
1971	160	115	9,451
1972	168	118	9,843
1973	174	120	10,150
1974	183	122	10,714
1975	186	125	11,171
1976	194	127	11,502
1977	240	135	11,909
1978	251	138	12,210
1979	227	142	12,581
1980	208	143	13,088
1984	244	138	12,591
1987	288	155	17,417
1989	342	185	16,113
1990	349	185	16,398
1994	269	134	12,458
1995	242	132	12,444
1996	245	134	12,352
1997	234	134	12,430
1998	250	132	12,369
2000	255	133	12,475

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]