Denominational Profile

Notes

This church was founded in 1938 by former members of the Roman Catholic Church who returned to Eastern Orthodoxy under the leadership of Bishop Orestes P. Chornock.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1952	44	58	75,000
1953	50	58	75,000
1954	51	60	75,100
1955	59	70	100,000
1957	45	60	100,000
1958	47	60	100,000
1959	49	61	100,000
1960	50	64	100,000
1961	53	65	100,000
1962	58	69	102,000
1965	68	69	104,000
1966	68	69	104,000
1967	61	66	104,500
1968	61	67	104,500
1969	64	67	104,600
1971	67	70	108,000
1972	68	70	108,400
1973	68	70	100,000
1974	68	70	100,000
1975	68	70	100,000
1976	66	70	100,000
1990	83	72	14,058
1991	84	72	17,981
1992	77	72	18,611
1993	81	77	19,101
1994	101	78	19,321
1995	98	78	12,541
1997	101	79	12,998
1998	103	80	13,327
1999	105	80	13,120
2000	108	80	13,480
2001	107	80	13,210
2002	114	80	13,425
2003	102	80	13,377
2004	101	80	13,590
2005	104	78	14,210
2006	102	78	14,372
2007	101	78	14,011
2008	103	80	13,721
2009	120	-	12,451

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]