Denominational Profile

Notes

Triumph the Church and the Kingdom of God in Christ is a predominantly black Pentecostal church founded in 1902 by Elder E. D. Smith, who had a private revelation concerning the Pentecostal baptism of fire.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1947	-	300	15,500
1950	1,000	1,500	20,000
1952	600	700	5,000
1953	900	500	-
1955	682	800	18,000
1957	2,650	750	80,310
1958	2,140	690	70,079
1959	2,250	700	71,089
1960	2,000	670	66,740
1961	1,900	600	65,763
1962	1,760	510	57,700
1964	1,270	400	42,690
1965	1,200	420	43,500
1967	1,200	420	45,000
1969	1,280	430	48,500
1970	1,315	433	50,080
1971	1,370	498	55,090
1972	1,375	475	54,307

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]