Denominational Profile

Notes

The Christian and Missionary Alliance was founded in 1897 as a merger of the Christian Alliance and the Evangelical Missionary Alliance, both founded by Albert B. Simpson.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1929	410	392	25,000
1935	478	430	32,079
1937	-	474	32,941
1939	-	510	32,872
1943	-	879	40,283
1950	-	882	52,935
1952	851	928	56,097
1953	974	931	61,483
1954	-	-	57,109
1955	1,026	954	-
1957	1,090	993	87,663
1958	1,026	1,010	56,523
1959	997	1,014	59,644
1960	1,010	1,016	59,657
1961	1,130	1,028	60,252
1962	1,263	1,200	61,761
1963	1,081	1,046	62,355
1964	1,088	1,053	63,136
1965	1,078	1,057	64,586
1966	1,104	1,109	68,829
1967	1,263	1,110	68,679
1968	1,227	1,128	119,826
1969	1,137	1,098	120,330
1970	1,189	1,112	112,519
1971	1,227	1,129	127,353
1972	1,259	1,154	136,154
1973	1,469	1,145	137,710
1974	1,196	1,094	144,245
1975	1,352	1,179	145,833
1976	1,276	1,236	150,492
1977	1,454	1,268	152,841
1978	1,529	1,290	158,218
1979	1,640	1,319	173,986
1980	1,686	1,382	189,710
1981	1,737	1,436	195,042
1982	1,819	1,485	204,713
1983	2,094	1,532	215,857
1984	2,106	1,604	223,141
1985	2,181	1,646	227,846
1986	2,154	1,691	238,734
1987	2,189	1,785	244,296
1988	2,261	1,793	259,612
1989	2,370	1,829	265,863
1990	2,385	1,856	279,207
1991	2,475	1,900	267,853
1992	2,369	1,923	289,391
1993	2,407	1,943	302,414
1995	2,832	1,957	307,366
1996	-	1,850	311,612
1997	2,498	1,964	328,078
1998	2,535	1,964	345,664
1999	2,370	1,973	347,973
2000	2,613	1,959	364,949
2002	-	1,963	389,232
2003	2,226	1,961	400,909
2004	3,203	1,974	419,000
2005	3,019	2,004	429,760
2006	3,014	2,010	417,008
2007	4,504	2,009	420,006
2008	4,525	2,018	425,587
2009	-	2,021	432,471

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]