Snapshot
| 1990 | 2000 | Growth/Decline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregations | 5,238 | 5,471 | +233 (4.4%) |
| Adherents | 1,213,188 | 1,439,253 | +226,065 (18.6%) |
Year-by-Year (Click on a point to see data)
Membership Data [Download .csv Data]
| Year |  Clergy |
 Congregations |
 Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5,987 | 4,688 | 1,020,751 |
| 1972 | 7,314 | 5,901 | 1,036,288 |
| 1973 | 6,934 | 5,479 | 1,036,460 |
| 1974 | 6,272 | 5,436 | 1,034,047 |
| 1975 | 6,525 | 5,482 | 1,049,816 |
| 1976 | - | 5,436 | 1,040,856 |
| 1978 | 7,279 | 5,468 | 1,044,842 |
| 1979 | 7,689 | 5,535 | 1,054,266 |
| 1981 | 8,074 | 5,605 | 1,063,254 |
| 1983 | - | 5,502 | 1,043,642 |
| 1985 | 6,238 | 5,487 | 1,051,469 |
| 1986 | 5,476 | 5,566 | 1,063,469 |
| 1987 | 7,041 | 5,614 | 1,071,995 |
| 1988 | 6,596 | 5,579 | 1,071,616 |
Notes
SnapshotData 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.
Year-by-YearData 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]
