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  1990* 2000 Growth/Decline
Congregations n.a. 55 --
Adherents n.a. -- --


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Membership Data [Download .csv Data]

Year Clergy Congregations Members
1976 12 14 40,000
1980 25 25 100,000
1981 25 25 100,000
1983 27 29 100,000
1986 28 28 115,000
1987 28 28 115,000
1989 44 40 160,000
1990 49 42 165,000
1992 68 85 180,000
2000 145 100 300,000

Notes

Snapshot

Data 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.

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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]