Denominational Profile

History

split into Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (1939)

The Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches was formed by former members of the Methodist Protestant Church in New Jersey who opposed their church’s merger into the Methodist Church in 1939. It was founded as the Bible Protestant Church and adopted its present name in 1985.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1942	-	35	1,870
1944	-	36	2,000
1952	33	33	2,108
1953	31	34	2,134
1954	36	37	2,216
1955	28	39	2,300
1959	46	37	2,477
1960	42	49	2,480
1961	45	47	2,423
1962	48	42	2,634
1965	49	37	2,668
1966	48	43	2,610
1967	53	42	2,388
1968	59	42	2,254
1978	58	36	2,077
1984	52	31	1,840
1991	48	25	1,482
1992	52	25	2,090
1993	42	23	1,343
1994	42	23	1,343
1999	46	22	1,125
2004	48	22	1,208

Source

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]