American Baptist Association

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1931 - - 116,562 1933 - 2,662 263,484 1935 1,734 2,662 263,484 1936 - 1,064 115,022 1937 - 2,662 - 1946 - - 115,022 1948 - 2,272 245,861 1951 - 2,105 286,691 1956 2,350 3,000 600,000 1957 2,172 3,025 630,000 1958 2,300 3,045 630,000 1959 2,350 3,073 647,800 1960 2,365 3,091 648,000 1961 2,385 3,117 650,800 1962 2,405 3,131 653,000 1963 2,425 3,151 655,200 1964 2,525 3,196 719,100 1965 3,150 3,227 726,112 1966 3,175 3,247 731,000 1968 3,195 3,262 745,620 1969 3,309 3,274 782,902 1970 3,512 3,286 786,536 1971 3,312 3,295 790,000 1972 3,368 3,321 869,000 1973 3,338 3,336 955,900 1974 3,651 3,361 1,003,695 1975 4,070 3,570 1,071,000 1978 5,870 4,500 1,350,000 1979 5,425 5,000 1,500,000 1980 5,700 5,000 1,500,000 1981 5,700 5,000 1,500,000 1982 - 1,641 225,000 1983 - 1,641 225,000 1986 1,760 1,705 250,000 1996 1,760 1,705 250,000 1998 1,760 1,760 275,000 2000 1,760 1,760 275,000

Notes

" Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on data sources]