Denominational Profile

History

	Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1810)	continuedCumberland Presbyterian Church
		split into Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (1874)

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church began on the Western frontier in the early 19th century. In 1906 the main body of the church reunited with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., now an integral part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Those that did not participate in the merger reorganized themselves as the continuing Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	750	1,225	63,477
1929	736	1,189	64,767
1933	-	1,982	69,516
1935	785	1,152	70,274
1937	-	1,096	70,539
1940	-	1,082	73,357
1942	-	1,088	72,591
1944	-	1,048	64,984
1946	-	-	75,427
1947	-	1,033	76,276
1950	681	1,035	81,086
1952	651	1,026	81,086
1953	706	1,014	83,307
1954	729	1,008	84,776
1955	732	1,007	84,990
1956	741	997	85,651
1957	738	991	86,340
1958	750	990	87,531
1959	753	984	87,263
1960	747	975	88,452
1961	749	971	83,645
1962	910	985	82,190
1963	753	895	80,455
1965	743	967	78,917
1966	743	955	88,248
1967	736	936	88,540
1969	709	827	92,368
1970	717	901	92,025
1971	633	854	90,368
1972	710	879	88,738
1973	715	856	94,395
1974	713	854	93,948
1975	720	859	94,050
1976	712	860	92,995
1977	704	857	93,200
1978	706	850	93,268
1979	722	854	94,574
1980	704	857	96,553
1981	711	833	97,599
1982	739	856	97,813
1983	740	878	99,887
1984	761	831	98,829
1985	766	818	98,037
1986	776	811	98,103
1987	734	759	91,646
1988	725	752	91,491
1989	717	743	90,906
1990	799	796	98,891
1991	783	784	92,433
1992	782	782	92,240
1993	807	779	91,489
1994	810	772	90,125
1995	817	783	87,896
1996	826	774	88,066
1997	822	771	88,068
1998	835	774	87,198
1999	842	775	86,049
2000	857	779	86,519
2002	884	780	84,417
2003	890	774	83,742
2004	858	763	83,007
2005	858	759	81,464
2006	872	748	81,034
2007	856	7,055	78,451
2008	909	716	78,592
2009	808	643	65,591

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]