Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Diocese

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Denominational Profile

The Church of the East, the ancient Christian Church of Iran, was organized in America in 1940.

Membership Data

Year Clergy Churches Members
1983 57 24 80,000
1984 57 24 80,000
1989 109 22 120,000

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]