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  1990* 2000 Growth/Decline
Congregations n.a. 114 --
Adherents n.a. 7,319 --


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Year Clergy Congregations Members
1925 386 323 17,800
1929 302 328 19,500
1935 249 217 15,200
1937 - 220 15,400
1938 - 220 15,400
1957 108 115 7,497
1958 100 108 8,000
1959 93 122 7,300
1965 80 130 5,821
1969 85 109 5,461
1970 97 113 6,006
1973 139 108 5,301
1976 91 104 4,590
1979 96 108 5,463
1984 114 114 6,000
1992 558 240 9,790
2001 175 112 5,634
2002 220 111 6,153
2003 195 107 6,163
2005 - - 6,034
2008 225 107 4,014

Notes

Snapshot

Data are from Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org.

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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]