Denominational Profile
History
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church |
renamed toChristian Methodist Episcopal Church (1956) |
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| The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (formerly the Colored Methodist Church) was founded in 1870 by black former members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It took its present name in 1956. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1961 |
1,914 |
2,523 |
444,493 |
| 1965 |
2,259 |
2,598 |
466,718 |
| 1981 |
2,877 |
2,883 |
786,707 |
| 1983 |
2,650 |
2,340 |
718,922 |
| 1999 |
2,378 |
3,069 |
784,114 |
| 2001 |
3,375 |
3,250 |
850,000 |
| 2002 |
3,407 |
3,300 |
850,000 |
| 2005 |
3,424 |
3,320 |
850,000 |
| 2006 |
3,548 |
3,500 |
850,000 |
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]
